Constituency
107. Puri
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2009
OD-PURI
BJD 51.6%won by 11.3%BJP 40.3%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.4% to 11.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 40.3% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,18,889
Margin
13,394
11.27%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJD- 1MAHESWAR MOHANTYBiju Janata Dal · BJD61,32851.6%
- 2UMA BALLAV RATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,93440.3%
- 3UTTAM KUMAR ACHARYAIndian National Congress · INC6,8325.7%
- 4KASHINATH BHOIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,1611.0%
- 5RAMA CHANDRA PRADHANIndependent · IND6340.5%
- 6NARAYAN KHUNTIASamajwadi Party · SP6330.5%
- 7SARADA DEVI PANDAKS · KS3670.3%
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–BJP swing
- −42.3%
- BJD share
- 53.6% → 51.6%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 40.3%
- Turnout
- — → —