Name in the record
DAMODAR ROUT
Also on ballots as Damodar Rout
BJP·BJD·JD·JNP·JNPSC·UTC
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “DAMODAR ROUT” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 45-year span across 10 contests, 6 different parties — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.
Ballot lines
10
1974–2019
Wins
5
Parties
6
States / UT
1
Every contest
Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odisha 2019 | 103. Balikuda-Ersama | BJP | 37,611 | 19.5% | Lost · 3rd |
| Odisha 2014 | 101. Paradeep | BJD | 85,206 | 59.1% | Won |
| Odisha 2000 | 36. Ersama | BJD | 74,493 | 56.1% | Won |
| Odisha 1995 | 35. Tirtol | JD | 49,225 | 39.7% | Lost · 2nd |
| Odisha 1995 | 36. Ersama | JD | 54,118 | 38.6% | Lost · 2nd |
| Odisha 1990 | 36. Ersama | JD | 81,761 | 71.9% | Won |
| Odisha 1985 | 36. Ersama | JNP | 32,924 | 36.1% | Lost · 2nd |
| Odisha 1980 | 36. Ersama | JNPSC | 34,940 | 44.6% | Won |
| Odisha 1977 | 36. Ersama | JNP | 33,642 | 53.1% | Won |
| Odisha 1974 | 36. Ersama | UTC | 25,280 | 38.3% | Lost · 2nd |