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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1977

Dhenkanal

Parliamentary constituency 19 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#19 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants3Candidate lines
Electors5,90,280
Votes polled2,61,634
Turnout44.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerDebendra SatpathyBharatiya Lok Dal1,43,00854.7% of votes
MARGIN44,660 votes · 17.1 pp1,43,008 − 98,348
Runner-upRaja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahindra Bahadur Indian National Congress98,34837.6% of votes
BLD 59.3% of top-two votesINC 40.7%

All candidates 3

  1. 01 Debendra SatpathyBLD1,43,008 54.7%
  2. 02 Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahindra BahadurINC98,348 37.6%
  3. 03 Kashinath NandaIND10,922 4.2%

Turnout 44.3%

025507510044.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 42.2%
Male 3.06 lakh51.9% Female 2.84 lakh48.1%

Share of 5,90,280 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males927
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 21 seats, 197742.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 2,52,278Residual 9,356

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    9.8 pp
    Anita SubhadarshiniBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    20.2 pp
    Pramila BisoyiBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2014
    34.8 pp
    Ladu Kishore SwainBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2009
    33.2 pp
    Nityananda PradhanBiju Janata Dal
  5. 2004
    15.6 pp
    Tathagata SatapathyBiju Janata Dal
  6. 1999
    0.6 pp
    Kamakhya Prasad Singh DeoIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    5.5 pp
    Tathagata SatapathyBiju Janata Dal
  8. 1996
    15.0 pp
    Kamakhya Prasad Singh DeoIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    7.8 pp
    Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singhdeo Mahindr BahadurIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    20.9 pp
    Bhajaman BehraJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    48.7 pp
    Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahindra BahadurIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    43.2 pp
    Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Mahindra BahadurIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    17.1 pp
    Debendra SatpathyBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 48.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 92.2% of votes; the other 1 candidate 4.2% between them.

    (1,43,008 + 98,348) ÷ 2,61,634 = 92.2% · 10,922 ÷ 2,61,634 = 4.2%

  2. Turnout of 44.3% was 2.1 pp above the state's median seat (42.2%).

    44.3 − 42.2 = +2.1

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines2,52,278
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled2,61,634
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 9,356

Candidate votes miss the published total by 9,356, 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

Candidates3 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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