Election
Constituency

137. Rajgangpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1977

OD-RAJGANGPUR

JNP 49.4%won by 21.6%INC 27.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 21.6%.

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 49.4% of the vote here (+49.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.2% of the vote between them, up from 53.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
27,632
Margin
5,968
21.60%

Candidates

3 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1BRAJAMOHAN KISHANJanata Party · JNP13,64749.4%
  2. 2CHISTOPHER EKKAIndian National Congress · INC7,67927.8%
  3. 3JAMES TOPPOJKD · JKD6,30622.8%

Since 1974

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPINC swing
+54.1%
JNP share
0.0% 49.4%
INC share
32.5% 27.8%
Turnout