Constituency
18. Bhandaripokhari
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-BHANDARIPOKHARI
JNP 56.1%won by 30.8%INC 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: UTC (UTC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 30.8%.
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 56.1% of the vote here (+56.1%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.4% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — 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
36,879
Margin
11,343
30.76%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1KAPILA CHARAN SETHIJanata Party · JNP20,68356.1%
- 2ARJUN CHARAN SETHIIndian National Congress · INC9,34025.3%
- 3CHINTAMANI JENACommunist Party of India · CPI4,86313.2%
- 4UTSAN CHARAN JENAIndependent · IND1,3053.5%
- 5DHARANIDHAR JENAIndependent · IND6881.9%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- UTC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +30.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 56.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- — → —