Constituency
321. Puri
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-PURI
BLD 62.2%won by 24.4%INC 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 24.4%.
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 62.2% of the vote here (+62.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 64.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 46.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,24,267
Turnout
46.3%
Valid votes
2,89,063
Margin
70,541
24.40%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1PADMACHARAN SAMANTASINHARBLD · BLD1,79,80262.2%
- 2BANAMALI PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC1,09,26137.8%
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
- +64.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 62.2%
- INC share
- 40.5% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- 50.8% → 46.3%