Constituency
88. Kotpad
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2000
OD-KOTPAD
INC 61.5%won by 24.9%BJP 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.7% to 24.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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
92,383
Margin
22,982
24.88%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BASUDEV MAJHIIndian National Congress · INC56,78861.5%
- 2SADAN NAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,80636.6%
- 3BHADRA PUJARIIndependent · IND8140.9%
- 4MANGARAJ RANDHARIIndependent · IND6770.7%
- 5MAHESWAR SANTAIndependent · IND2980.3%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −40.2%
- INC share
- 69.4% → 61.5%
- BJP share
- 4.3% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —