GEN · Orissa
Bhanjanagar
Dutikrishna Panda (CPI) won by 2,858 votes (1.2%).
- Electors
- 5,60,369
- Votes polled
- 2,55,729
- Valid votes
- 2,46,583
- Turnout
- 45.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 1.2% (median 21.5%). Back to Orissa · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1967
- Margin · 1971
- 1.2%(-1.0%)
- Turnout
- 45.6%(+1.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 82.3%
Winning margin over time · Bhanjanagar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutikrishna PandaWinner | CPI | 1,02,956 | 41.8% |
| 2 | Bijaya Nanda Pattanayak | UTC | 1,00,098 | 40.6% |
| 3 | Sarat Chandra Mohapatra | SWA | 43,529 | 17.7% |
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