Constituency
27. Barchana
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-BARCHANA
JNP 43.7%won by 8.1%INC 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 8.1%.
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 43.7% of the vote here (+43.7%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.3% of the vote between them, up from 62.0% — 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
49,539
Margin
3,997
8.07%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1MANAGOBINDA SAMALJanata Party · JNP21,64843.7%
- 2SITAKANTA MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC17,65135.6%
- 3DUSASAN JENACommunist Party of India · CPI7,51115.2%
- 4PRAMOD KUMAR CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND2,7295.5%
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–INC swing
- +8.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 43.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —