Constituency
329. Bolangir
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BOLANGIR
BLD 63.1%won by 26.2%INC 36.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 26.2%.
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 63.1% of the vote here (+63.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,72,122
Turnout
38.5%
Valid votes
2,20,482
Margin
57,724
26.18%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1AINTHU SAHOOBLD · BLD1,39,10363.1%
- 2ANANGA UDAYA SINGH DEOIndian National Congress · INC81,37936.9%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- SWA
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +52.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 63.1%
- INC share
- 26.7% → 36.9%
- Turnout
- 40.3% → 38.5%