Constituency
132. Kuchinda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-KUCHINDA
INC 52.2%won by 7.1%JNP 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.7% to 7.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 45.1% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 88.5% — 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
24,231
Margin
1,709
7.05%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1JAGATESHWAR MIRDHAIndian National Congress · INC12,64352.2%
- 2KISAN SWAPNESWARJanata Party · JNP10,93445.1%
- 3BHIMSEN BHOIIndependent · IND6542.7%
Since 1974
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JNP swing
- −44.0%
- INC share
- 51.1% → 52.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- — → —