Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Dhamnagar

Assembly constituency 20 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#20 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors91,171

Votes polled46,560

Turnout51.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerHrudananda MallickJanata Party24,72054.2% of votes

MARGIN3,841 votes · 8.2 pp24,720 − 20,879

Runner-upJagannath Rout Indian National Congress20,87945.8% of votes

JNP 54.2% of top-two votesINC 45.8%

All candidates 2

01 Hrudananda MallickJNP24,720 54.2%
02 Jagannath RoutINC20,879 45.8%

Turnout 51.1%

Male 48,51553.2% Female 42,65646.8%

Share of 91,171 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males879
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 45,599Residual 961

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
3.4 pp
Premananda NayakBiju Janata Dal
2014
8.3 pp
Bedabyasa NayakBiju Janata Dal
2009
13.4 pp
Premananda NayakBiju Janata Dal
2004
22.0 pp
Manmohan SamalBharatiya Janata Party
2000
1.5 pp
Manas Ranjan MallikIndependent
1995
0.8 pp
Jagannath RoutIndian National Congress
1990
19.2 pp
Hrudananda MallikiJanata Dal
1985
8.2 pp
Jagannath RoutIndian National Congress
1980
25.6 pp
Jagannath RoutIndian National Congress
1977
8.2 pp
Hrudananda MallickJanata Party
1974
1.4 pp
Hrudananda MallickUtkal Congress
1971
22.1 pp
Gangadhar DasIndian National Congress
1967
41.2 pp
M.DasJan Congress
1961
9.4 pp
Mahapatra LakshmanCommunist Party of India

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 51.1% was 9.3 pp above the state's median seat (41.8%).
51.1 − 41.8 = +9.3
The margin widened from 1.4 pp in 1974 to 8.2 pp.
8.2 − 1.4 = +6.8 pp
Hrudananda Mallick also won in 1974.
1974 winner name = 1977 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines45,599
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled46,560
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 961

Candidate votes miss the published total by 961, 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

Candidates2 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