Winner, Votes & Party Details
Orissa Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Kalahandi Lok Sabha Constituency General Election 1971 Results: Pratap Keshari Deo of SWA won with 89,098 votes, defeating Arjun Pattjoshi of INC, who received 23,224 votes. Pratap Keshari Deo won by a margin of 65,874 votes, equivalent to 42.05% of the total votes polled. Total votes polled were 1,56,644.
Full candidate-wise results and vote share details are given below.
SWA
89,098
56.88%
23,224
14.83%
UTC
15,520
9.91%
PSP
14,324
9.14%
IND
8,155
5.21%
IND
6,323
4.04%