GEN · Orissa
Puri
Banamali Patanaik (INC) won by 46,777 votes (16.1%).
- Electors
- 5,70,745
- Votes polled
- 3,03,373
- Valid votes
- 2,89,995
- Turnout
- 53.2%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 16.1% (median 21.5%). Back to Orissa · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 8.8%(+7.8%)
- Turnout
- 75.4%(-0.2%)
- NOTA
- 0.6%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 97.0%
Winning margin over time · Puri
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banamali PatanaikWinner | INC | 1,17,354 | 40.5% |
| 2 | Padma Charan Samatasinhar | UTC | 70,577 | 24.3% |
| 3 | Mohan Das | CPI | 52,240 | 18.0% |
| 4 | Rabi Ray | SSP | 49,824 | 17.2% |
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