Election
Constituency

15. Soro

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-SORO

INC 56.6%won by 15.8%BJP 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.1% to 15.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 79.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,14,638
Margin
18,113
15.80%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KARTIK MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC64,84156.6%
  2. 2SK. SALIMUDDIN MOHAMMEDBharatiya Janata Party · BJP46,72840.8%
  3. 3MANORANJAN ROUTCommunist Party of India · CPI2,2902.0%
  4. 4JADUNATH DAS MOHAPATRANationalist Congress Party · NCP3040.3%
  5. 5PRAVAKAR DASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2610.2%
  6. 6SITARANI NAYAKJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1370.1%
  7. 7NIRANJAN JENABBM · BBM770.1%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−43.5%
INC share
62.6% → 56.6%
BJP share
3.3% → 40.8%
Turnout
— → —
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