Constituency
70. Kantabanji
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2009
OD-KANTABANJI
INC 43.2%won by 3.7%BJD 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.0% to 43.2% of the vote here (+11.2%).
- New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.8% of the vote between them, up from 72.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,44,546
Margin
5,304
3.67%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SANTOSH SINGH SALUJAIndian National Congress · INC62,49543.2%
- 2HAJI MAHAMMAD AYUB KHANBiju Janata Dal · BJD57,19139.6%
- 3AJAY KUMAR DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP16,11711.2%
- 4SURATHA BEHERAIndependent · IND2,0751.4%
- 5NANDA KUMAR MAHANANDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8481.3%
- 6ASHOK KUMAR SINGH DEOSAMO · SAMO1,7191.2%
- 7JOGENDRA BACHHAKOKD · KOKD1,0870.8%
- 8GUPTESWAR BENIAIndependent · IND1,0520.7%
- 9GOPAL BHOIIndependent · IND9620.7%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJD swing
- −28.4%
- INC share
- 32.0% → 43.2%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- — → —