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Dharamsala

Name: Dharamsala
Address: IN

Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election 1971

81,926

Electors

36,580

Votes polled

44.65%

Turnout

4,850

Margin

Winner

Banka Bihari Das

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Banka Bihari Das Won Male	PSP	13,779	37.67%
2	Rabi Dranath Das Male	UTC	8,929	24.41%
3	Kulamani Parida Male	INC	8,909	24.35%
4	Ramesh Chandra Tripathy Male	JAC	2,728	7.46%
5	Satyananda Mishra Male	IND	1,195	3.27%
6	Chakradhar Samal Male	NCO	1,040	2.84%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2004	Kalpataru Das Male BJD	—	Kangali Charan Panda Male INC	—
2000	Kalpataru Das Male BJD	47.82%	Kangali Charan Panda Male INC	42.48%
1995	Kalpataru Das Male JD	48.91%	Kangali Charan Panda Male IND	44.11%
1985	Kangali Charan Panda Male INC	48.59%	Guru Chanran Tikayat Male JnP	37.26%
1980	Kangali Panda Male IND	28.68%	Guru Charan Tikayat Male JNP(SC)	24.76%
1977	Rabi Das Male JnP	53.18%	Banka Behari Das Male INC	44.52%
1974	Banka Behari Das Male INC	53.42%	Rabindra Nath Das Male UTC	39.19%
1971	Banka Bihari Das Male PSP	37.67%	Rabi Dranath Das Male UTC	24.41%
1967	P.Mohanty Male PSP	38.26%	C.Nayak Male INC	17.51%