Constituency
139. Rourkela
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1977
OD-ROURKELA
JNP 62.4%won by 48.6%INC 13.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 48.6%.
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 62.4% of the vote here (+62.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.2% of the vote between them, up from 69.2% — 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
35,247
Margin
17,123
48.58%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JNP- 1BRAJA KISHORE MOHANTYJanata Party · JNP21,99262.4%
- 2ADWAIT PRASAD BISWALIndian National Congress · INC4,86913.8%
- 3BANABIHARI JENASUC · SUC3,82710.9%
- 4BIJAY KUMAR PANIIndependent · IND2,7557.8%
- 5ISLAMUDDIN ANSARIIndependent · IND1,2273.5%
- 6DURGA CHARAN MOHANTYCommunist Party of India · CPI5771.6%
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
- +87.2%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 62.4%
- INC share
- 38.6% → 13.8%
- Turnout
- — → —