Constituency
314. Dhenkanal
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-DHENKANAL
INC 42.2%won by 13.7%SWA 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 24.8% to 42.2% of the vote here (+17.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 42.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,49,438
Turnout
42.0%
Valid votes
2,30,851
Margin
31,659
13.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DEVENDRA SATPATHYIndian National Congress · INC97,49142.2%
- 2R. K. P. S. MAHINDRA BAHADURSwatantra Party · SWA65,83228.5%
- 3SUSIL KUMAR PATANAIKUTC · UTC33,86314.7%
- 4BRAJA KISHORE DHALLJAC · JAC33,66514.6%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–SWA swing
- +52.1%
- INC share
- 24.8% → 42.2%
- SWA share
- 63.2% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- 45.9% → 42.0%