Constituency
84. Pottangi
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2004
OD-POTTANGI
BJD 47.1%won by 21.3%IND 25.8%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.1% to 21.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 2000.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.9% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,10,795
Margin
23,602
21.30%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJD- 1JAYARAM PANGIBiju Janata Dal · BJD52,20847.1%
- 2RAMACHANDRA KADAMIndependent · IND28,60625.8%
- 3BHAGABAN PETIAIndian National Congress · INC18,05416.3%
- 4PITAM PADHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,8267.1%
- 5JADU DORA SURYANARAYANIndependent · IND4,1013.7%
Since 2000
Derived- Winner then
- BJD
- Winner now
- BJD
- BJD–IND swing
- −43.2%
- BJD share
- 64.5% → 47.1%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 25.8%
- Turnout
- — → —