Constituency
36. Ersama
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2000
OD-ERSAMA
BJD 56.1%won by 35.1%INC 21.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 35.1%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 56.1% of the vote here (+56.1%).
- Safe seatBiju Janata Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,32,702
Margin
46,553
35.08%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJD- 1DAMODAR ROUTBiju Janata Dal · BJD74,49356.1%
- 2BIJAY KUMAR NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC27,94021.1%
- 3GOURHARI NAYAKCommunist Party of India · CPI17,77013.4%
- 4AMBIKA PATTANAIKIndependent · IND7,9316.0%
- 5MANOJ PATRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5951.2%
- 6KRUSHNA CHANDRA SWAINIndependent · IND1,2691.0%
- 7AJIT MAHAPATRAIndependent · IND8460.6%
- 8SUKANTA DALEIOCP · OCP6300.5%
- 9SHISHIRA DASIndependent · IND2280.2%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +78.6%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 56.1%
- INC share
- 43.5% → 21.1%
- Turnout
- — → —