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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Khunta

Assembly constituency 9 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#9 · ST
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors86,614
Votes polled27,989
Turnout32.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerRamesh SorenIndian National Congress12,28544.9% of votes
MARGIN2,382 votes · 8.5 pp12,285 − 9,903
Runner-upSakila Soren Janata Party9,90336.2% of votes
INC 55.4% of top-two votesJNP 44.6%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Ramesh SorenINC12,285 44.9%
  2. 02 Sakila SorenJNP9,903 36.2%
  3. 03 Maheshwar NaiakIND2,639 9.7%
  4. 04 Lingaraj MarandiJP1,323 4.8%
  5. 05 Bamadev HembramIND1,192 4.4%

Turnout 32.3%

025507510032.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 41.8%
Male 44,05550.9% Female 42,55949.1%

Share of 86,614 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males966
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 197741.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 27,342Residual 647

Seat history 2019–1961

  1. 2019
    4.3 pp
    Kusum TeteBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2014
    7.9 pp
    Jogesh Kumar SinghIndian National Congress
  3. 2009
    16.7 pp
    Jogesh Kumar SinghIndian National Congress
  4. 2004
    9.2 pp
    Golak Bihari NaikBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2000
    4.0 pp
    Golak NaikBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1995
    4.7 pp
    Saraswati HembramIndian National Congress
  7. 1990
    20.3 pp
    Bira Bhadra SinghJanata Dal
  8. 1985
    13.1 pp
    Biram MurmuIndian National Congress
  9. 1980
    34.6 pp
    Ramesh SorenIndian National Congress
  10. 1977
    8.5 pp
    Ramesh SorenIndian National Congress
  11. 1974
    21.0 pp
    Ramesh SarenIndian National Congress
  12. 1971
    0.1 pp
    Birabhadra SinghUtkal Congress
  13. 1967
    2.2 pp
    H.HasdaPragati Sheel Party
  14. 1961
    0.9 pp
    Pangi Musuri SantaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 34.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed IND polled 2,639 votes, 1.1× the 2,382-vote margin.

    2,639 ÷ 2,382 = 1.1

  2. The top two polled 79.3% of votes; the other 3 candidates 18.4% between them.

    (12,285 + 9,903) ÷ 27,989 = 79.3% · 5,154 ÷ 27,989 = 18.4%

  3. Turnout of 32.3% was 9.5 pp below the state's median seat (41.8%).

    32.3 − 41.8 = −9.5

  4. The margin narrowed from 21.0 pp in 1974 to 8.5 pp.

    8.5 − 21.0 = −12.5 pp

  5. 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 5 candidate lines27,342
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled27,989
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 647

Candidate votes miss the published total by 647, 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

Candidates5 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

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