Constituency
20. Dhamnagar
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-DHAMNAGAR
JNP 54.2%won by 8.4%INC 45.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: UTC (UTC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 8.4%.
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 54.2% of the vote here (+54.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.5% — 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
45,599
Margin
3,841
8.42%
Candidates
2 contested · winner JNP- 1HRUDANANDA MALLICKJanata Party · JNP24,72054.2%
- 2JAGANNATH ROUTIndian National Congress · INC20,87945.8%
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
- +50.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 54.2%
- INC share
- 41.5% → 45.8%
- Turnout
- — → —