Constituency
17. Nilgiri
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-NILGIRI
JNP 41.9%won by 5.6%CPM 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 5.6%.
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 41.9% of the vote here (+41.9%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.2% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.
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
41,149
Margin
2,318
5.63%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1RAJENDRA CHANDRA MARDARAJJanata Party · JNP17,24641.9%
- 2BANAMALI DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,92836.3%
- 3CHITTARANJAN SARANGIIndian National Congress · INC6,27715.3%
- 4BATA BEHARI DASIndependent · IND2,6986.6%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–CPM swing
- +5.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- — → —