Constituency
332. Dhenkanal
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-DHENKANAL
BLD 56.7%won by 17.7%INC 39.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 17.7%.
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 56.7% of the vote here (+56.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,90,280
Turnout
42.7%
Valid votes
2,52,278
Margin
44,660
17.70%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1DEBENDRA SATPATHYBLD · BLD1,43,00856.7%
- 2RAJA KAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGH DEO MAHINDRA BAHADURIndian National Congress · INC98,34839.0%
- 3KASHINATH NANDAIndependent · IND10,9224.3%
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
- +59.9%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 56.7%
- INC share
- 42.2% → 39.0%
- Turnout
- 42.0% → 42.7%