Constituency
37. Balikuda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-BALIKUDA
JNP 56.4%won by 17.7%INC 38.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 17.7%.
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 56.4% of the vote here (+56.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.2% of the vote between them, up from 83.6% — 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
50,921
Margin
9,009
17.69%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1UMESH SWAINJanata Party · JNP28,73656.4%
- 2BASUDEV MAHAPATTRAIndian National Congress · INC19,72738.7%
- 3SRIRAM CHANDRA DASHIndependent · IND2,4584.8%
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–INC swing
- +64.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 56.4%
- INC share
- 47.2% → 38.7%
- Turnout
- — → —