Constituency
14. Balasore
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-BALASORE
JNP 49.6%won by 24.5%CPI 25.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 24.5%.
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 49.6% of the vote here (+49.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.7% of the vote between them, up from 48.1% — 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
41,834
Margin
10,233
24.46%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1KARTIK CHANDAR ROUTJanata Party · JNP20,74249.6%
- 2ARUN DEYCommunist Party of India · CPI10,50925.1%
- 3GAGAN PATRAIndian National Congress · INC8,96521.4%
- 4KARTIK PATIIndependent · IND1,3863.3%
- 5DHRUBA KUMAR GIRIIndependent · IND2320.6%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPI swing
- +49.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 49.6%
- CPI share
- 24.7% → 25.1%
- Turnout
- — → —