Constituency
319. Cuttack
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-CUTTACK
BLD 55.0%won by 18.8%INC 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 18.8%.
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 55.0% of the vote here (+55.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.2% of the vote between them, up from 80.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 51.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,23,921
Turnout
51.4%
Valid votes
3,20,631
Margin
60,402
18.84%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BLD- 1SARAT KUMAR KARBLD · BLD1,76,44555.0%
- 2JANAKI BALAV PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC1,16,04336.2%
- 3NARASINGH MISRAIndependent · IND13,8644.3%
- 4NARAYAN DASIndependent · IND10,6053.3%
- 5SARANGDHAR MUDULIIndependent · IND3,6741.1%
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
- +73.3%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 55.0%
- INC share
- 54.5% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- 48.5% → 51.4%