Raghunathpali
Assembly constituency 140 (ST) · Odisha
[01]Result · 1977
#140 · STAll candidates 6
Turnout 30.8%
Share of 78,535 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males844
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
- ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 23,377Residual 848
Seat history 2019–1961
- 2019
2.9 ppMakaranda MuduliIndependent
- 2014
4.9 ppLalbihari HimirikaBiju Janata Dal
- 2009
13.2 ppLal Bihari HimirikaBiju Janata Dal
- 2004
0.7 ppHalu MundaryJharkhand Mukti Morcha
- 2000
15.7 ppShankar OramBharatiya Janata Party
- 1995
9.2 ppMansid EkkaJharkhand Mukti Morcha
- 1990
14.2 ppRabidehuryJanata Dal
- 1985
13.3 ppFrida TopnoIndian National Congress
- 1980
11.6 ppNelson SorengIndian National Congress
- 1977
35.2 ppRabi DehuriJanata Party
- 1974
15.2 ppAgapit LakraIndian National Congress
- 1971
1.1 ppRaja Kishore PradhanUtkal Congress
- 1967
4.9 ppS.PradhanSikkim Sangram Parishad
- 1961
12.7 ppSoren SakilaPragati Sheel Party
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 35.2 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 70.1% of votes; the other 4 candidates 26.4% between them.
(12,764 + 4,229) ÷ 24,225 = 70.1% · 6,384 ÷ 24,225 = 26.4% -
Turnout of 30.8% was 11.0 pp below the state's median seat (41.8%).
30.8 − 41.8 = −11.0 -
The margin widened from 15.2 pp in 1974 to 35.2 pp.
35.2 − 15.2 = +20.0 pp -
Agapit Lakra, the 1974 winner, finished second in 1977.
1974 winner name = 1977 runner-up name
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines23,377
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled24,225
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 848
Candidate votes miss the published total by 848, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1977 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed
State median turnoutComputed from 147 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1977 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database