Election
Constituency

54. Kakatpur

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2004

OD-KAKATPUR

BJD 46.3%won by 11.2%IND 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.2% to 11.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.1% — it polled just 1.5% in 2000.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 90.6% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,33,560
Margin
15,025
11.25%

Since 2000

Derived
Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJDIND swing
−43.2%
BJD share
55.9% 46.3%
IND share
1.5% 35.1%
Turnout