Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

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Assembly constituency 88 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#88 · ST

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors83,895

Votes polled22,496

Turnout26.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBasudev MajhiIndian National Congress14,17866.5% of votes

MARGIN7,033 votes · 31.3 pp14,178 − 7,145

Runner-upDhansai Randhari Janata Party7,14533.5% of votes

INC 66.5% of top-two votesJNP 33.5%

All candidates 2

01 Basudev MajhiINC14,178 66.5%
02 Dhansai RandhariJNP7,145 33.5%

Turnout 26.8%

Male 43,42451.8% Female 40,47148.2%

Share of 83,895 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males932
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 21,323Residual 1,173

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
15.1 pp
Devi Ranjan TripathyBiju Janata Dal
2014
29.9 pp
Pravata Kumar TripathyBiju Janata Dal
2009
18.2 pp
Pravata Kumar TripathyBiju Janata Dal
2004
3.3 pp
Basudev MajhiIndian National Congress
2000
24.3 pp
Basudev MajhiIndian National Congress
1995
40.9 pp
Basudev MajhiIndian National Congress
1990
3.3 pp
Sadan NaikJanata Dal
1985
56.2 pp
Basudev MajhiIndian National Congress
1980
47.2 pp
Basudev MajhiIndian National Congress
1977
31.3 pp
Basudev MajhiIndian National Congress
1974
33.5 pp
Basudeb MajhiIndian National Congress
1971
3.7 pp
Ghasiram MajhiSwatantra Party
1967
3.3 pp
O.SingIndian National Congress
1961
41.1 pp
Mahanty SatyapriyaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 56.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 26.8% was 15.0 pp below the state's median seat (41.8%).
26.8 − 41.8 = −15.0
The margin narrowed from 33.5 pp in 1974 to 31.3 pp.
31.3 − 33.5 = −2.2 pp
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 lines21,323
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled22,496
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,173

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,173, 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