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144. Keonjhar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2000

OD-KEONJHAR

BJP 59.1%won by 25.5%INC 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 25.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 62.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
87,082
Margin
22,163
25.45%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MOHAN CHARAN MAJHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP51,44959.1%
  2. 2JAGADISH NAIKIndian National Congress · INC29,28633.6%
  3. 3JOGENDRA NAIKIndependent · IND2,6323.0%
  4. 4AYODHYA NAIKJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,8092.1%
  5. 5RAMACHANDRA MUNDAJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS9931.1%
  6. 6PANCHARATNA SINGHAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC9131.0%

Since 1995

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+20.6%
BJP share
33.8% → 59.1%
INC share
29.0% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
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