Election
Constituency

56. Puri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-PURI

BJD 53.6%won by 20.1%IND 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 20.1%.

  • BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 53.6% of the vote here (+53.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.2% of the vote between them, up from 64.7% — 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
1,16,346
Margin
23,403
20.12%

Candidates

10 contested · winner BJD
  1. 1MAHESWAR MOHANTYBiju Janata Dal · BJD62,41853.6%
  2. 2UMABALLAV RATHIndependent · IND39,01533.5%
  3. 3BIPIN DASHIndian National Congress · INC7,4386.4%
  4. 4RAMACHANDRA PRADHANIndependent · IND1,3161.1%
  5. 5MAHESWAR MOHANTYIndependent · IND1,2801.1%
  6. 6BALAKRISHNA MOHANTYShiv Sena · SHS1,1341.0%
  7. 7PRIYADARSAN PATTNAIKJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,1061.0%
  8. 8PRAFULLA MISHRACommunist Party of India · CPI9640.8%
  9. 9ARJUN BEHERABahujan Samaj Party · BSP9530.8%
  10. 10ASHISH NAIKIndependent · IND7220.6%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
BJDflipped
BJD–IND swing
+51.3%
BJD share
0.0% → 53.6%
IND share
31.1% → 33.5%
Turnout
— → —
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