Constituency
54. Kakatpur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-KAKATPUR
JNP 62.6%won by 42.8%CPI 19.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 42.8%.
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 62.6% of the vote here (+62.6%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.3% between them, down from 88.7% — 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
54,274
Margin
23,231
42.80%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1SURENDRA NATH NAIKJanata Party · JNP33,95362.6%
- 2SOMNATH PATRACommunist Party of India · CPI10,72219.8%
- 3BRUNDABAN PATRAIndian National Congress · INC9,59917.7%
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–CPI swing
- +42.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 62.6%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 19.8%
- Turnout
- — → —