Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1974

Malkangiri

Assembly constituency 86 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1974

[01]Result · 1974

#86 · SC

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors54,364

Votes polled21,014

Turnout38.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerNaka KannayaUtkal Congress14,18367.5% of votes

MARGIN7,352 votes · 35.0 pp14,183 − 6,831

Runner-upNadiyabasi Biswas Indian National Congress6,83132.5% of votes

UC 67.5% of top-two votesINC 32.5%

All candidates 2

01 Naka KannayaUC14,183 67.5%
02 Nadiyabasi BiswasINC6,831 32.5%

Turnout 38.7%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 146 seats, 197448.5%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 21,014Verified

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
8.5 pp
Pradip Kumar AmatBiju Janata Dal
2014
9.9 pp
Pradip Kumar AmatBiju Janata Dal
2009
28.9 pp
Pradip Kumar AmatBiju Janata Dal
2004
0.2 pp
Nimai Chandra SarkarIndian National Congress
2000
7.8 pp
Arabinda DhaliBharatiya Janata Party
1995
5.8 pp
Arabinda DhaliBharatiya Janata Party
1992
0.1 pp
Arbinda DhaliBharatiya Janata Party
1990
4.7 pp
Naka KanayaJanata Dal
1985
3.0 pp
Nadiabasi BiswasIndependent
1980
3.1 pp
Naka LaxmayaIndian National Congress
1977
31.6 pp
Naka KannayaJanata Party
1974
35.0 pp
Naka KannayaUtkal Congress
1971
9.5 pp
Dombaru MajhiSwatantra Party
1967
10.9 pp
D.MajhiSwatantra Party
1961
1.6 pp
Paikray GongadharCommunist Party of India

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 35.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 38.7% was 9.8 pp below the state's median seat (48.5%).
38.7 − 48.5 = −9.8
The margin widened from 9.5 pp in 1971 to 35.0 pp.
35.0 − 9.5 = +25.5 pp
The seat changed hands: SWA in 1971, UC in 1974.
1971 SWA · 1974 UC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines21,014
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled21,014
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1974 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 146 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1974 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database