Election
Constituency

58. Deogarh

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-DEOGARH

GP 54.1%won by 8.2%INC 45.9%

What changed here

Derived

GP held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.0% to 8.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from GP (GP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 58.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
19,695
Margin
1,611
8.18%

Candidates

2 contested · winner GP
  1. 1THAKUR JAYADEBGP · GP10,65354.1%
  2. 2MAJHI BANESHWARIndian National Congress · INC9,04245.9%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
GP
Winner now
GP
GP–INC swing
−6.2%
GP share
29.0% → 54.1%
INC share
14.6% → 45.9%
Turnout
— → —