Constituency
57. Brahmagiri
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-BRAHMAGIRI
JNP 41.6%won by 16.8%INC 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 16.8%.
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 41.6% of the vote here (+41.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from UTC (UTC) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.4% of the vote between them, up from 51.9% — 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
44,205
Margin
7,437
16.82%
Candidates
5 contested · winner JNP- 1AJAYA KUMAR JENAJanata Party · JNP18,40541.6%
- 2BRAJAMOHAN MOHANTYIndian National Congress · INC10,96824.8%
- 3PRAHALAD MOHANTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,21014.0%
- 4GOPABANDHU PATRAIndependent · IND4,3329.8%
- 5SURENDRA NATH JENAIndependent · IND4,2909.7%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +37.8%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.6%
- INC share
- 21.0% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- — → —