Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Kendrapara

Assembly constituency 33 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#33 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors83,522

Votes polled48,926

Turnout58.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBed Prakas AgarwalJanata Party30,18762.5% of votes

MARGIN14,338 votes · 29.3 pp30,187 − 15,849

Runner-upBhagabat Prassad Mohanty Indian National Congress15,84932.8% of votes

JNP 65.6% of top-two votesINC 34.4%

All candidates 3

01 Bed Prakas AgarwalJNP30,187 62.5%
02 Bhagabat Prassad MohantyINC15,849 32.8%
03 Indramani RoutIND2,258 4.7%

Turnout 58.6%

Male 43,91552.6% Female 39,60747.4%

Share of 83,522 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males902
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 48,294Residual 632

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
12.3 pp
Prakash SorenBharatiya Janata Party
2014
11.9 pp
Sananda MarndiBiju Janata Dal
2009
4.2 pp
Sananda MarandiBiju Janata Dal
2004
3.8 pp
Utkal Keshari ParidaOrissa Gana Parishad
2000
18.7 pp
Bed Prakash AgarwallaBharatiya Janata Party
1995
9.3 pp
Bhagabat Prasad MohantyIndian National Congress
1990
27.6 pp
Bed Prakash AgarwalaJanata Dal
1985
3.6 pp
Bhagabat Prasad MohantyIndian National Congress
1980
6.7 pp
Indramani RoutIndian National Congress
1977
29.3 pp
Bed Prakas AgarwalJanata Party
1974
4.0 pp
Bedprakash AgarwallaUtkal Congress
1971
30.3 pp
Pratap Chandra MohantyUtkal Congress
1967
18.8 pp
N.KhuntiaPragati Sheel Party
1961
32.4 pp
Deo BirakeshariGantantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 94.1% of votes; the other 1 candidate 4.6% between them.
(30,187 + 15,849) ÷ 48,926 = 94.1% · 2,258 ÷ 48,926 = 4.6%
Turnout of 58.6% was 16.8 pp above the state's median seat (41.8%).
58.6 − 41.8 = +16.8
The margin widened from 4.0 pp in 1974 to 29.3 pp.
29.3 − 4.0 = +25.3 pp
The seat changed hands: UC in 1974, JNP in 1977.
1974 UC · 1977 JNP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines48,294
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled48,926
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 632

Candidate votes miss the published total by 632, 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

Candidates3 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