Who won Keonjhar in the 1961 Assembly election?

BHANI DEO JANARDAN of the GP (GP) won Keonjhar in the 1961 Assembly election with 4,657 votes (44.2% vote share), a margin of 1,579 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

69. Keonjhar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1961

OD-KEONJHAR

GP 44.2%won by 15.0%INC 29.2%

What changed here

Derived

GP held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 15.0%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.4% of the vote between them, up from 45.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

10,532

Margin

1,579

14.99%

Candidates

7 contested · winner GP

1BHANI DEO JANARDAN GP · GP4,65744.2%
2MISRA BIMBADHAR Indian National Congress · INC3,07829.2%
3ROUT BIHMASEN Independent · IND9158.7%
4MOHAPATRA KRUSHNA CHANDRA Independent · IND6316.0%
5DAS AMBIKA PADA Independent · IND5184.9%
6MUNDA SADANAND Independent · IND4053.8%
7PATNAIK BIRABHADRA Independent · IND3283.1%

Since 1957

Derived

Winner then: GP
Winner now: GP
GP–INC swing: +0.9%
GP share: 25.0% → 44.2%
INC share: 10.9% → 29.2%
Turnout: — → —

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