Constituency
312. Sundargarh
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-SUNDARGARH
INC 35.0%won by 9.2%SWA 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 29.9% to 35.0% of the vote here (+5.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.8% between them, down from 82.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.9% to 37.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,22,648
Turnout
37.3%
Valid votes
1,94,914
Margin
17,979
9.22%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GAJADHAR MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC68,28535.0%
- 2DEVANANDA AMATSwatantra Party · SWA50,30625.8%
- 3SUKRA BHAGATJan Kalyan Party · JKP38,37519.7%
- 4THEOPHIL XESSUTC · UTC26,51013.6%
- 5JAMES TOPPOPraja Socialist Party · PSP11,4385.9%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- +31.4%
- INC share
- 29.9% → 35.0%
- SWA share
- 52.1% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- 42.2% → 37.3%