Constituency
37. Balikuda
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2004
OD-BALIKUDA
INC 42.8%won by 7.7%IND 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 7.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.8% between them, down from 92.8% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,12,830
Margin
8,722
7.73%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1UMESH CHANDRA SWAINIndian National Congress · INC48,24242.8%
- 2RAGHUNANDAN DASIndependent · IND39,52035.0%
- 3JYOTISH CHANDRA DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP23,09820.5%
- 4AMIYA KUMAR MOHANTYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,1211.0%
- 5BIRABARA DALAISamajwadi Party · SP8490.8%
Since 2000
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −34.6%
- INC share
- 47.2% → 42.8%
- IND share
- 4.8% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- — → —