Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Malkangiri

Assembly constituency 86 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#86 · SC

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors61,951

Votes polled12,321

Turnout19.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerNaka KannayaJanata Party7,64967.1% of votes

MARGIN3,897 votes · 31.6 pp7,649 − 3,752

Runner-upNaka Laxmaya Indian National Congress3,75232.9% of votes

JNP 67.1% of top-two votesINC 32.9%

All candidates 2

01 Naka KannayaJNP7,649 67.1%
02 Naka LaxmayaINC3,752 32.9%

Turnout 19.9%

Male 31,49150.8% Female 30,46049.2%

Share of 61,951 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males967
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 11,401Residual 920

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 19.9% was 21.9 pp below the state's median seat (41.8%).
19.9 − 41.8 = −21.9
The margin narrowed from 35.0 pp in 1974 to 31.6 pp.
31.6 − 35.0 = −3.4 pp
Naka Kannaya also won in 1974.
1974 winner name = 1977 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines11,401
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled12,321
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 920

Candidate votes miss the published total by 920, 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