He was the sole CPI ( M ) candidate elected to the assembly .
He stood as a Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) candidate in the Pattamundai seat , obtaining 35,861 votes ( 43.96 % of the votes in the constituency ) .
He was the sole Communist Party of India ( Marxist       candidate elected to the assembly .
He stood as a Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) candidate in the Pattamundai seat , obtaining 35,861 votes ( 43.96 % of the votes in the constituency ) .