Constituency
37. Balikuda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2000
OD-BALIKUDA
INC 47.2%won by 1.5%BJD 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 1.6% to 1.5%.
- New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 45.6% — it did not contest here in 1995.
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
1,06,354
Margin
1,619
1.52%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1UMESH CHANDRA SWAINIndian National Congress · INC50,15347.2%
- 2RAGHUNANDAN DASBiju Janata Dal · BJD48,53445.6%
- 3JYOTISH CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND5,1414.8%
- 4BIJAYA MOHANTYCommunist Party of India · CPI1,2121.1%
- 5SURESH CHANDRA DASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4520.4%
- 6PRAVAT MOHANTYIndependent · IND2630.2%
- 7SUSANT KANUNGONationalist Congress Party · NCP1480.1%
- 8BHISMADEV DASAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC1240.1%
- 9GHANASHYAM KANDIIndependent · IND1190.1%
- 10BIRABAR DALAIIndependent · IND1160.1%
- 11SUKANTA SAHOOIndependent · IND920.1%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJD swing
- −47.6%
- INC share
- 49.1% → 47.2%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —