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50. Bhubaneswar

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2004

OD-BHUBANESWAR

BJP 69.2%won by 48.1%INC 21.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 63.7% to 48.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • 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
1,78,624
Margin
85,897
48.09%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BISWABHUSAN HARICHANDANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,23,67169.2%
  2. 2SARAT KUMAR KARIndian National Congress · INC37,77421.1%
  3. 3PARESHNATH NAYAKIndependent · IND4,2712.4%
  4. 4AKSHAYA KUMAR MOHANTYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,9581.7%
  5. 5RAJENDRA ACHARYAIndependent · IND2,2251.2%
  6. 6BAISHNAB PARIDASamajwadi Party · SP2,0431.1%
  7. 7KISHORE CHANDRA SAHOOBMVP · BMVP1,1720.7%
  8. 8JAYADEV NAYAKIndependent · IND9210.5%
  9. 9PRADYUMN SATAPATHYIndependent · IND8370.5%
  10. 10BHAGIRATHI BADAJENAIndependent · IND7160.4%
  11. 11SANATAN BEHERARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD6210.3%
  12. 12KAHNU CHARAN BEHERAIndependent · IND5230.3%
  13. 13JOHN OMPRAKASHIndependent · IND4470.3%
  14. 14SHYAM SUNDAR BHOIRPI · RPI4450.2%

Since 2000

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
−15.6%
BJP share
79.0% → 69.2%
INC share
15.2% → 21.1%
Turnout
— → —
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