Constituency
325. Koraput
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KORAPUT
INC 55.1%won by 10.1%BLD 44.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 10.2% to 10.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.4% to 24.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,81,428
Turnout
24.5%
Valid votes
1,42,559
Margin
14,429
10.12%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1GIRIDHAR GOMANGOIndian National Congress · INC78,49455.1%
- 2MUTIKA PAPANNABLD · BLD64,06544.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BLD swing
- −32.7%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 55.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 44.9%
- Turnout
- 31.0% → 24.5%