Constituency
107. Kantabanji
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-KANTABANJI
INC 42.3%won by 0.4%JNP 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 20.8% to 42.3% of the vote here (+21.6%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 41.9% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.2% of the vote between them, up from 70.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
24,018
Margin
102
0.42%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1PRASANNA KUMAR PALIndian National Congress · INC10,16742.3%
- 2GOPIANATH AGARWALJanata Party · JNP10,06541.9%
- 3LIGNGARAJ MISHRAIndependent · IND1,3405.6%
- 4SYED MUSTAFAIndependent · IND1,2855.4%
- 5GOLAP RAIIndependent · IND6852.9%
- 6LOKNATH SAHUIndependent · IND4762.0%
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
- −20.3%
- INC share
- 20.8% → 42.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- — → —