Constituency
18. Bhandaripokhari
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 1995
OD-BHANDARIPOKHARI
JD 44.2%won by 3.2%INC 41.0%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.6% to 3.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 97.9% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,12,995
Margin
3,632
3.21%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JD- 1ARJUNA CHARAN SETHIJanata Dal · JD49,94444.2%
- 2ANANTA SETHIIndian National Congress · INC46,31241.0%
- 3RATHA DASIndependent · IND12,95311.5%
- 4DHRUBA CHARAN MAJHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,5532.3%
- 5GOURANGA JENASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP4020.4%
- 6BANKABIHARI JENAIndependent · IND3620.3%
- 7BALAKRUSHNA JENASJPR · SJPR3160.3%
- 8SUSANTA KUMAR JENABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1530.1%
Since 1990
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–INC swing
- −43.4%
- JD share
- 72.2% → 44.2%
- INC share
- 25.7% → 41.0%
- Turnout
- — → —