Constituency
59. Khurda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-KHURDA
JNP 35.5%won by 4.5%CPM 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 4.5%.
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 35.5% of the vote here (+35.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.5% of the vote between them, up from 59.2% — 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
45,485
Margin
2,038
4.48%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1SUDARSAN MOHANTYJanata Party · JNP16,14835.5%
- 2PURNA CHANDRA BADAJENACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,11031.0%
- 3BENUDHAR BALIAR-SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,15124.5%
- 4SADASIV SATPATHYIndependent · IND3,0756.8%
- 5SARAT CHANDRA PIKARAYIndependent · IND6271.4%
- 6NRUSINGHA CHANRAN DASIndependent · IND3740.8%
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–CPM swing
- +33.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 35.5%
- CPM share
- 28.8% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —