Constituency
96. Dharamgarh
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-DHARAMGARH
INC 41.6%won by 4.1%JNP 37.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 24.2% to 41.6% of the vote here (+17.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.5% — it did not contest here in 1974.
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
25,735
Margin
1,058
4.11%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1GAJANAN NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC10,69941.6%
- 2GANAGARAM JAGATJanata Party · JNP9,64137.5%
- 3JAGAMOHAN NAIKIndependent · IND3,32912.9%
- 4LOCHAN DHANGADA MAJHIIndependent · IND2,0668.0%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JNP swing
- −20.1%
- INC share
- 24.2% → 41.6%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 37.5%
- Turnout
- — → —