Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Choudwar

Assembly constituency 45 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#45 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors86,413

Votes polled44,444

Turnout51.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRajkishore RamJanata Party28,08664.4% of votes

MARGIN12,553 votes · 28.2 pp28,086 − 15,533

Runner-upRabindra Bhusan Kannugo Indian National Congress15,53335.6% of votes

JNP 64.4% of top-two votesINC 35.6%

All candidates 2

01 Rajkishore RamJNP28,086 64.4%
02 Rabindra Bhusan KannugoINC15,533 35.6%

Turnout 51.4%

Male 47,60855.1% Female 38,80544.9%

Share of 86,413 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males815
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 43,619Residual 825

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
5.2 pp
Bishnubrata RoutrayBiju Janata Dal
2014
3.9 pp
Shri Bijayshree RoutrayBiju Janata Dal
2009
4.7 pp
Bijayshree RoutrayBiju Janata Dal
2004
28.4 pp
Dharmananda BeheraBiju Janata Dal
2000
0.9 pp
Bidhubhusan PraharajIndependent
1995
2.0 pp
Kanhu Ch. LenkaIndian National Congress
1990
50.4 pp
Raj Kishore RamJanata Dal
1985
5.3 pp
Rasananda SahuIndian National Congress
1980
17.4 pp
Kanhu Charan LankaIndian National Congress
1977
28.2 pp
Rajkishore RamJanata Party
1974
13.0 pp
Kanhu Charan LenkaIndian National Congress
1971
26.0 pp
Trilochan HarichandanSwatantra Party
1967
13.0 pp
P.PattanaikJan Congress
1961
44.6 pp
Misra Ram PrasadGantantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 50.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 51.4% was 9.6 pp above the state's median seat (41.8%).
51.4 − 41.8 = +9.6
The margin widened from 13.0 pp in 1974 to 28.2 pp.
28.2 − 13.0 = +15.2 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 1974, JNP in 1977.
1974 INC · 1977 JNP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines43,619
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled44,444
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 825

Candidate votes miss the published total by 825, 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