Constituency
327. Kalahandi
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-KALAHANDI
IND 64.6%won by 29.2%BLD 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 29.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- IND vote shareIND went from 5.2% to 64.6% of the vote here (+59.4%).
- New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.2% to 33.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,42,033
Turnout
33.6%
Valid votes
1,82,371
Margin
53,261
29.20%
Candidates
2 contested · winner IND- 1PRATAP KESHARI DEOIndependent · IND1,17,81664.6%
- 2GANGADHAR HOTABLD · BLD64,55535.4%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–BLD swing
- +24.0%
- IND share
- 5.2% → 64.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- 35.9% → 33.6%