Constituency
36. Ersama
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-ERSAMA
JNP 53.1%won by 12.8%CPI 40.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 12.8%.
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 53.1% of the vote here (+53.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.4% between them, down from 99.1% — 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
63,396
Margin
8,096
12.77%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1DAMODAR ROUTJanata Party · JNP33,64253.1%
- 2LOKANATH CHOUDHURYCommunist Party of India · CPI25,54640.3%
- 3PADMANAV MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC3,5225.6%
- 4SASHIBHUSAN SARANGIIndependent · IND6861.1%
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
- +73.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.1%
- CPI share
- 60.8% → 40.3%
- Turnout
- — → —