Constituency
318. Kendrapara
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KENDRAPARA
BLD 68.6%won by 37.3%INC 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: UTC (UTC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 37.3%.
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 68.6% of the vote here (+68.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.5% to 61.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,29,067
Turnout
61.6%
Valid votes
3,87,360
Margin
1,44,376
37.27%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1BIJAYANANDA PATTANAYAKBLD · BLD2,65,86868.6%
- 2BHAGABATA PRASAD MOHANTYIndian National Congress · INC1,21,49231.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- UTC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +68.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 68.6%
- INC share
- 31.3% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- 58.1% → 61.6%