Constituency
88. Kotpad
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-KOTPAD
INC 66.5%won by 33.0%JNP 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.5% to 33.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 33.5% — 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
21,323
Margin
7,033
32.98%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1BASUDEV MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC14,17866.5%
- 2DHANSAI RANDHARIJanata Party · JNP7,14533.5%
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
- −31.7%
- INC share
- 64.7% → 66.5%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —