Constituency
56. Puri
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-PURI
JNP 61.9%won by 34.4%INC 27.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 34.4%.
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 61.9% of the vote here (+61.9%).
- Safe seatJanata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
38,566
Margin
13,274
34.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner JNP- 1BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHYJanata Party · JNP23,88361.9%
- 2GOVINDA CHANDRA TRIPATHYIndian National Congress · INC10,60927.5%
- 3PARAMANANDA TRIPATHYIndependent · IND2,5526.6%
- 4BHAGABAN PRATIHARIIndependent · IND1,5223.9%
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
- +84.1%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 61.9%
- INC share
- 49.7% → 27.5%
- Turnout
- — → —