Constituency
41. Salepur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-SALEPUR
JNP 69.6%won by 41.1%INC 28.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 41.1%.
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 69.6% of the vote here (+69.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — 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
33,399
Margin
13,728
41.10%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1KALANDI BEHERAJanata Party · JNP23,25369.6%
- 2NAYADHAR SETHIIndian National Congress · INC9,52528.5%
- 3ARJUN SETHIIndependent · IND6211.9%
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
- +84.4%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 69.6%
- INC share
- 43.3% → 28.5%
- Turnout
- — → —