GEN · Orissa
Kalahandi
Pratap Keshari Deo (SWA) won by 65,874 votes (42.1%).
- Electors
- 4,36,752
- Votes polled
- 1,69,068
- Valid votes
- 1,56,644
- Turnout
- 38.7%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 42.1% (median 21.5%). Back to Orissa · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 10.2%(+8.0%)
- Turnout
- 78.4%(-0.1%)
- NOTA
- 1.5%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 72.6%
Winning margin over time · Kalahandi
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratap Keshari DeoWinner | SWA | 89,098 | 56.9% |
| 2 | Arjun Pattjoshi | INC | 23,224 | 14.8% |
| 3 | Gangadhar Hota | UTC | 15,520 | 9.9% |
| 4 | Tripura Majhi | PSP | 14,324 | 9.1% |
| 5 | Manu Majhi | IND | 8,155 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Premlal Pradhan | IND | 6,323 | 4.0% |
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