Who won Sambalpur in the 1974 Assembly election?

SHRI BALLAV PANIGRAHI of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Sambalpur in the 1974 Assembly election with 21,153 votes (49.1% vote share), a margin of 7,073 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

128. Sambalpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

OD-SAMBALPUR

INC 49.1%won by 16.4%UTC 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 16.4%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to UTC (UTC).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.9% — 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

43,060

Margin

7,073

16.43%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC

1SHRI BALLAV PANIGRAHI Indian National Congress · INC21,15349.1%
2BINOD BIHARI DAS UTC · UTC14,08032.7%
3JHASAKETAN SAU Independent · IND4,58610.7%
4P. BHASKA RAO JAC · JAC1,1992.8%
5JAIRAM PUROHIT Independent · IND1,0562.5%
6BRAHMANAND NAIK Independent · IND9862.3%

Since 1971

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–UTC swing: −20.2%
INC share: 48.8% → 49.1%
UTC share: 12.1% → 32.7%
Turnout: — → —

127. Bargarh 129. Brajarajnagar

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