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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1977

Bolangir

Parliamentary constituency 16 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#16 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2Candidate lines
Electors5,72,122
Votes polled2,32,260
Turnout40.6%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAinthu SahooBharatiya Lok Dal1,39,10359.9% of votes
MARGIN57,724 votes · 24.9 pp1,39,103 − 81,379
Runner-upAnanga Udaya Singh Deo Indian National Congress81,37935.0% of votes
BLD 63.1% of top-two votesINC 36.9%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 Ainthu SahooBLD1,39,103 59.9%
  2. 02 Ananga Udaya Singh DeoINC81,379 35.0%

Turnout 40.6%

025507510040.6%TURNOUT◦ state median 42.2%
Male 2.93 lakh51.1% Female 2.80 lakh48.9%

Share of 5,72,122 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males955
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 21 seats, 197742.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 2,20,482Residual 11,778

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    3.2 pp
    Bibhu Prasad TaraiBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    22.1 pp
    Rajashree MallickBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2014
    24.4 pp
    Kulamani SamalBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2009
    7.8 pp
    Bibhu Prasad TaraiCommunist Party of India
  5. 2004
    13.8 pp
    Sangeeta Kumari Singh DeoBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1999
    28.2 pp
    Sangeeta Kumari Singh DeoBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    26.7 pp
    Sangeeta Kumari SinghdeoBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    2.0 pp
    Sarat PattanayakIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    2.6 pp
    Sarat Chandra PattanayakIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    31.9 pp
    Balgopal MishraJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    9.6 pp
    Nityanand MisraIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    29.7 pp
    Nityananda MishraIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    24.9 pp
    Ainthu SahooBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 31.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 40.6% was 1.6 pp below the state's median seat (42.2%).

    40.6 − 42.2 = −1.6

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines2,20,482
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled2,32,260
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 11,778

Candidate votes miss the published total by 11,778, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok 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 21 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1977 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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