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Constituency

328. Phulbani

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977

IN-PHULBANI

BLD 48.4%won by 1.3%INC 47.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 1.3%.

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 48.4% of the vote here (+48.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 76.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 31.7%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
6,33,850
Turnout
31.7%
Valid votes
2,01,099
Margin
2,643
1.31%

Candidates

3 contested · winner BLD
  1. 1SRIBATCHA DIGALBLD · BLD97,35948.4%
  2. 2BAKSHI NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC94,71647.1%
  3. 3ANIRUDHA DIPAIndependent · IND9,0244.5%

Since 1971

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
SWA
Winner now
BLDflipped
BLDINC swing
+32.9%
BLD share
0.0% 48.4%
INC share
31.6% 47.1%
Turnout
29.5% 31.7%