Constituency
3. Bahalda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-BAHALDA
JNP 59.2%won by 30.9%JKP 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 30.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 59.2% of the vote here (+59.2%).
- New challengerJan Kalyan Party (JKP) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 46.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
19,128
Margin
5,908
30.89%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1SUNARAM SORENJanata Party · JNP11,32159.2%
- 2SASHIBHUSAN MARNDIJan Kalyan Party · JKP5,41328.3%
- 3KARTIK CHANDRA MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC2,39412.5%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–JKP swing
- +30.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 59.2%
- JKP share
- 0.0% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —