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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1971

Rourkela

Assembly constituency 125 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#125 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants13
Electors1,05,764
Votes polled40,788
Turnout38.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerShyam Sundar MohapatraIndian National Congress17,87043.8% of votes
MARGIN13,532 votes · 33.2 pp17,870 − 4,338
Runner-upIslamuddin Jharkhand Party4,33810.6% of votes
INC 80.5% of top-two votesJP 19.5%

All candidates 13

  1. 01 Shyam Sundar MohapatraINC17,870 43.8%
  2. 02 IslamuddinJP4,338 10.6%
  3. 03 Rajkishore SamantarayPRAGAT3,588 8.8%
  4. 04 Harihar PatelSWA3,569 8.8%
  5. 05 Hrushikesh RayUC3,346 8.2%
  6. 06 Bana Behari JenaSUCI(C)2,093 5.1%
  7. 07 Saroj Kumar MitraBJS1,873 4.6%
  8. 08 Nityananda FondaCPI1,601 3.9%
  9. 09 Surendra Nath MudaliCPI(M)1,446 3.6%
  10. 10 Pitambar MohantyJC448 1.1%
  11. 11 Bindheshari Prasad GuptaIND288 0.7%
  12. 12 Allison PatroIND178 0.4%
  13. 13 Ramkumar GuptaSSPP150 0.4%

Turnout 38.6%

025507510038.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 39.2%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 140 seats, 197139.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 40,788Verified

Seat history 2019–1961

  1. 2019
    34.0 pp
    Latika PradhanBiju Janata Dal
  2. 2014
    16.2 pp
    V.Sugnana Kumari DeoBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2009
    22.7 pp
    V. Sugnana Kumari DeoBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2004
    17.8 pp
    Subal SahuIndian National Congress
  5. 2000
    12.2 pp
    Ashok Kumar PanigrahyBiju Janata Dal
  6. 1995
    7.3 pp
    Ripunath SethIndian National Congress
  7. 1991
    25.9 pp
    K.Singh(W)Janata Dal
  8. 1990
    34.0 pp
    Nikunja Bihari SingJanata Dal
  9. 1985
    18.2 pp
    Nikunja Bihari SinghJanata Party
  10. 1980
    22.9 pp
    Rajib Lochan HotaIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    29.5 pp
    Nityananda GartiaJanata Party
  12. 1974
    19.3 pp
    Gananath PradhanUtkal Congress
  13. 1971
    33.2 pp
    Shyam Sundar MohapatraIndian National Congress
  14. 1967
    6.9 pp
    R.SamantraiPragati Sheel Party
  15. 1961
    3.4 pp
    Das BhagirathaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 34.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 54.4% of votes; the other 11 candidates 45.6% between them.

    (17,870 + 4,338) ÷ 40,788 = 54.4% · 18,580 ÷ 40,788 = 45.6%

  2. Turnout of 38.6% was 0.6 pp below the state's median seat (39.2%).

    38.6 − 39.2 = −0.6

  3. The margin widened from 6.9 pp in 1967 to 33.2 pp.

    33.2 − 6.9 = +26.3 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: PRAGAT in 1967, INC in 1971.

    1967 PRAGAT · 1971 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines40,788
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled40,788
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1971 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 140 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1971 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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