Constituency
330. Sambalpur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-SAMBALPUR
BLD 59.5%won by 19.0%INC 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 19.0%.
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 59.5% of the vote here (+59.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 59.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.7% to 44.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,60,200
Turnout
44.9%
Valid votes
2,96,208
Margin
56,234
18.98%
Candidates
2 contested · winner BLD- 1GANANATH PRADHANBLD · BLD1,76,22159.5%
- 2BANAMALI BABUIndian National Congress · INC1,19,98740.5%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +59.7%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 59.5%
- INC share
- 40.7% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- 34.2% → 44.9%