Constituency
316. Bhadrak
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BHADRAK
BLD 61.0%won by 21.9%INC 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 21.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 61.0% of the vote here (+61.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,14,684
Turnout
53.1%
Valid votes
3,26,377
Margin
71,577
21.93%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1BAIRAGI JENABLD · BLD1,98,97761.0%
- 2ARJUN CHARAN SETHIIndian National Congress · INC1,27,40039.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +67.4%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 61.0%
- INC share
- 45.5% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- 52.4% → 53.1%