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Constituency

72. Chatrapur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-CHATRAPUR

BJP 42.6%won by 5.6%IND 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 5.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 2.7% to 42.6% of the vote here (+39.9%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 37.0% — it polled just 0.8% in 1995.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.6% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,01,828
Margin
5,656
5.55%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPIND swing
+3.7%
BJP share
2.7% 42.6%
IND share
0.8% 37.0%
Turnout