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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Bissam-Cuttack

Assembly constituency 81 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#81 · ST
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2
Electors81,322
Votes polled30,568
Turnout37.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerDambarrudhar UlakaIndian National Congress17,40959.6% of votes
MARGIN5,590 votes · 18.3 pp17,409 − 11,819
Runner-upPraska Sripati Janata Party11,81940.4% of votes
INC 59.6% of top-two votesJNP 40.4%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 Dambarrudhar UlakaINC17,409 59.6%
  2. 02 Praska SripatiJNP11,819 40.4%

Turnout 37.6%

025507510037.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 41.8%
Male 40,95050.4% Female 40,37249.6%

Share of 81,322 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males986
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 29,228Residual 1,340

Seat history 2019–1961

  1. 2019
    5.3 pp
    Bhupinder SinghBiju Janata Dal
  2. 2014
    10.5 pp
    Dhaneswar MajhiBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2009
    20.1 pp
    Bhupinder SinghIndian National Congress
  4. 2004
    12.8 pp
    Dambarudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
  5. 2000
    4.0 pp
    Sarangadhar KadrakaBiju Janata Dal
  6. 1995
    30.6 pp
    Dambarudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
  7. 1990
    9.8 pp
    Sarangdhar KadrakaJanata Dal
  8. 1985
    42.5 pp
    Dambaru Dhar UlakaIndian National Congress
  9. 1980
    49.2 pp
    Dambarudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
  10. 1977
    18.3 pp
    Dambarrudhar UlakaIndian National Congress
  11. 1974
    1.8 pp
    Ulaka DambarudharIndian National Congress
  12. 1971
    31.6 pp
    Gangadhar MadiIndian National Congress
  13. 1967
    23.8 pp
    G.MadiIndian National Congress
  14. 1961
    24.4 pp
    Mishra RaghunathGantantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 49.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 37.6% was 4.2 pp below the state's median seat (41.8%).

    37.6 − 41.8 = −4.2

  2. The margin widened from 1.8 pp in 1974 to 18.3 pp.

    18.3 − 1.8 = +16.5 pp

  3. INC held the seat it won in 1974.

    1974 INC · 1977 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines29,228
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled30,568
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,340

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,340, 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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