Constituency
135. Sundargarh
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-SUNDARGARH
INC 55.9%won by 11.7%JNP 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.2% to 11.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 44.1% — it did not contest here in 1974.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 81.8% — 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
39,341
Margin
4,621
11.75%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1KISHORE CHANDRA PATELIndian National Congress · INC21,98155.9%
- 2NARASINGH SAHUJanata Party · JNP17,36044.1%
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
- −44.3%
- INC share
- 56.0% → 55.9%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- — → —