Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Gunupur

Assembly constituency 80 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#80 · ST

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors91,115

Votes polled33,898

Turnout37.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBhagirathi ComangoIndian National Congress19,64960.5% of votes

MARGIN6,791 votes · 20.0 pp19,649 − 12,858

Runner-upNarayan Gamang Janata Party12,85839.6% of votes

INC 60.4% of top-two votesJNP 39.6%

All candidates 2

01 Bhagirathi ComangoINC19,649 60.5%
02 Narayan GamangJNP12,858 39.6%

Turnout 37.2%

Male 46,08350.6% Female 45,03249.4%

Share of 91,115 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males977
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 32,507Residual 1,391

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
2.9 pp
Pradipta Kumar NaikBharatiya Janata Party
2014
7.2 pp
Anam NaikBiju Janata Dal
2009
1.7 pp
Dusmanta NaikIndian National Congress
2004
20.1 pp
Hemabati GamangIndian National Congress
2000
35.3 pp
Ramurty GamangoBharatiya Janata Party
1996
2.0 pp
Bhagirathi GomangoIndian National Congress
1995
34.5 pp
Akshya Kumar GomangoIndian National Congress
1990
15.3 pp
Ram Murty GomangoJanata Dal
1985
68.2 pp
Bhagirathi GomangoIndian National Congress
1980
20.6 pp
Bhagirathi GamangoIndian National Congress
1977
20.0 pp
Bhagirathi ComangoIndian National Congress
1974
30.6 pp
Bhagirathi GamangIndian National Congress
1971
10.2 pp
Disari SanuUtkal Congress
1967
8.8 pp
M.SantaIndian National Congress
1961
6.0 pp
Panigrahy KhetramohanGantantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 68.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 37.2% was 4.6 pp below the state's median seat (41.8%).
37.2 − 41.8 = −4.6
The margin narrowed from 30.6 pp in 1974 to 20.0 pp.
20.0 − 30.6 = −10.6 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 lines32,507
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled33,898
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,391

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,391, 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