Constituency
326. Nowrangpur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-NOWRANGPUR
INC 51.1%won by 2.3%BLD 48.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.4% to 2.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 48.9% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 25.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,22,394
Turnout
25.5%
Valid votes
1,33,361
Margin
3,031
2.27%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1KHAGAPATI PRADHANIIndian National Congress · INC68,19651.1%
- 2RABISINGH MAJHIBLD · BLD65,16548.9%
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
- −39.6%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 51.1%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 48.9%
- Turnout
- 23.5% → 25.5%