Constituency
97. Koksara
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-KOKSARA
INC 47.0%won by 25.2%JNP 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.2% to 47.0% of the vote here (+13.9%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.8% between them, down from 86.4% — the field split more ways.
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
32,027
Margin
8,086
25.25%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1RASA BEHARI BEHERAIndian National Congress · INC15,06647.0%
- 2GANGADHAR HOTAJanata Party · JNP6,98021.8%
- 3KISHANLAL AGARWALAIndependent · IND4,30113.4%
- 4CHANDRA BHANU SINGHIndependent · IND3,61111.3%
- 5UDHAB GOPALIndependent · IND8942.8%
- 6RUPE CHANDRA ROUTIndependent · IND7052.2%
- 7DINABANDHU AGARWALAIndependent · IND4701.5%
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
- −7.9%
- INC share
- 33.2% → 47.0%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- — → —