Constituency
128. Sambalpur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-SAMBALPUR
JNP 53.1%won by 11.1%INC 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 11.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 53.1% of the vote here (+53.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
42,911
Margin
4,769
11.11%
Candidates
3 contested · winner JNP- 1JHASKETAN SAHOOJanata Party · JNP22,79253.1%
- 2SRIBALLAVA PANIGRAHIIndian National Congress · INC18,02342.0%
- 3RANJIT MAHANANDAIndependent · IND2,0964.9%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JNPflipped
- JNP–INC swing
- +60.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 53.1%
- INC share
- 49.1% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- — → —