Constituency
40. Mahanga
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-MAHANGA
JNP 63.8%won by 27.7%INC 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 27.7%.
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 63.8% of the vote here (+63.8%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
41,242
Margin
11,404
27.65%
Candidates
2 contested · winner JNP- 1PRADIPTA KISHORE DASJanata Party · JNP26,32363.8%
- 2SHAIKH MATLUB ALIIndian National Congress · INC14,91936.2%
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
- +78.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 63.8%
- INC share
- 51.1% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —