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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Korai

Assembly constituency 24 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#24 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2
Electors91,044
Votes polled49,164
Turnout54.0%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAshok Kumar DasJanata Party29,15660.6% of votes
MARGIN10,160 votes · 20.7 pp29,156 − 18,996
Runner-upPrafulla Chandra Charai Indian National Congress18,99639.5% of votes
JNP 60.5% of top-two votesINC 39.5%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 Ashok Kumar DasJNP29,156 60.6%
  2. 02 Prafulla Chandra CharaiINC18,996 39.5%

Turnout 54.0%

025507510054.0%TURNOUT◦ state median 41.8%
Male 49,28754.1% Female 41,75745.9%

Share of 91,044 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males847
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 48,152Residual 1,012

Seat history 2019–1961

  1. 2019
    0.7 pp
    Mohan Charan MajhiBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2014
    5.6 pp
    Abhiram NaikBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2009
    6.0 pp
    Subarna NaikBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2004
    15.6 pp
    Sanchita MohantyBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2000
    10.5 pp
    Ashok Kumar DasJanata Dal (Secular)
  6. 1995
    2.3 pp
    Ashok Kumar DasJanata Dal
  7. 1990
    28.2 pp
    Ashok Kumar DasJanata Dal
  8. 1985
    1.7 pp
    Rama Chandra KhuntiaIndian National Congress
  9. 1980
    19.0 pp
    Ashok Kumar DasJanata Party (SECULAR) - CH. CHARAN SINGH
  10. 1977
    20.7 pp
    Ashok Kumar DasJanata Party
  11. 1974
    21.1 pp
    Ashok Kumar DasUtkal Congress
  12. 1971
    3.0 pp
    Managobinda SamalUtkal Congress
  13. 1967
    10.3 pp
    J.DasPragati Sheel Party
  14. 1961
    11.1 pp
    Panigarhi LingarajIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 28.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 54.0% was 12.2 pp above the state's median seat (41.8%).

    54.0 − 41.8 = +12.2

  2. The margin narrowed from 21.1 pp in 1974 to 20.7 pp.

    20.7 − 21.1 = −0.4 pp

  3. Ashok Kumar Das 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 lines48,152
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled49,164
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,012

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,012, 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

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