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57. Brahmagiri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-BRAHMAGIRI

INC 57.8%won by 20.4%BJD 37.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.6% to 20.4%.

  • New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 37.4% — it did not contest here in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.2% of the vote between them, up from 67.9% — 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
1,15,498
Margin
23,542
20.38%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LALATENDU BIDYADHAR MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC66,72557.8%
  2. 2AJAYA JENABiju Janata Dal · BJD43,18337.4%
  3. 3BANAJA MISHRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,0383.5%
  4. 4HARIHARA BEHERABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0900.9%
  5. 5BAIKUNTHA BEHERACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL4620.4%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJD swing
−17.4%
INC share
37.8% → 57.8%
BJD share
0.0% → 37.4%
Turnout
— → —
56. Puri58. Chilka
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