Constituency
322. Bhubaneswar
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BHUBANESWAR
CPM 44.9%won by 2.3%INC 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 2.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 18.1% to 44.9% of the vote here (+26.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 70.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 39.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,09,164
Turnout
39.1%
Valid votes
2,38,229
Margin
5,469
2.30%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SIVAJI PATNAIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,06,96044.9%
- 2CHINTAMANI PANIGRAHIIndian National Congress · INC1,01,49142.6%
- 3GANGADHAR PAIKARAYCommunist Party of India · CPI29,77812.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +34.0%
- CPM share
- 18.1% → 44.9%
- INC share
- 49.9% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- 44.1% → 39.1%