Constituency
37. Basta
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2009
OD-BASTA
BJD 50.7%won by 6.5%INC 44.2%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.4% to 6.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 85.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,46,932
Margin
9,530
6.49%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJD- 1RAGHUNATH MOHANTYBiju Janata Dal · BJD74,47250.7%
- 2JAYNARAYAN MOHANTYIndian National Congress · INC64,94244.2%
- 3ARABINDA BEHERABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,7133.2%
- 4JUDHISTHIRA JENAIndependent · IND9870.7%
- 5KAMAL LOCHAN BARIKJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM7970.5%
- 6RAMESH SWAINJHKP · JHKP5230.4%
- 7SADASIV SETHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4980.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJD
- Winner now
- BJD
- BJD–INC swing
- −19.9%
- BJD share
- 55.8% → 50.7%
- INC share
- 29.4% → 44.2%
- Turnout
- — → —