Kantabanji
Winner — 1977
Kantabanji was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 102 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRASANNA KUMAR PAL | INC | 10,167 | 42.3% |
| 2 | GOPIANATH AGARWAL | Janata | 10,065 | 41.9% |
| 3 | LIGNGARAJ MISHRA | IND | 1,340 | 5.6% |
| 4 | SYED MUSTAFA | IND | 1,285 | 5.3% |
| 5 | GOLAP RAI | IND | 685 | 2.9% |
| 6 | LOKNATH SAHU | IND | 476 | 2.0% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Low turnout (123rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
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