Constituency
82. Rayagada
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-RAYAGADA
INC 64.0%won by 27.9%JNP 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.2% to 27.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
29,021
Margin
8,097
27.90%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1ULKAKA RAMACHANDRAIndian National Congress · INC18,55964.0%
- 2BIDIKA MALLANAJanata Party · JNP10,46236.0%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −34.2%
- INC share
- 62.1% → 64.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- — → —