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56. Puri

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Odisha Assembly Election, 2004

OD-PURI

BJD 53.6%won by 12.4%INC 41.2%

What changed here

Derived

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.1% to 12.4%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 87.2% — a tighter two-way 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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Valid votes
1,32,094
Margin
16,422
12.43%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJD
  1. 1MAHESWAR MOHANTYBiju Janata Dal · BJD70,80953.6%
  2. 2UMA BALLAV RATHIndian National Congress · INC54,38741.2%
  3. 3KASINATH BHOIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,3602.5%
  4. 4LALIT MOHAN MISHRAIndependent · IND1,7721.3%
  5. 5HRUSHIKESH MISHRAIndependent · IND9450.7%
  6. 6RAMA CHANDRA PRADHANSamajwadi Party · SP8210.6%

Since 2000

Derived
Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJD–INC swing
−34.8%
BJD share
53.6% → 53.6%
INC share
6.4% → 41.2%
Turnout
— → —
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