Constituency
99. Bhawanipatna
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-BHAWANIPATNA
INC 52.7%won by 24.7%JNP 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 24.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.4% to 52.7% of the vote here (+24.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.7% between them, down from 93.9% — 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
25,137
Margin
6,199
24.66%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1DAYANIDHI NAIKIndian National Congress · INC13,23952.7%
- 2PRADESHI NAYAKJanata Party · JNP7,04028.0%
- 3PURANDAR BAGIndependent · IND4,85819.3%
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
- −3.7%
- INC share
- 28.4% → 52.7%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —