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38. Balasore

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Odisha · Odisha Assembly Election, 2014

OD-BALASORE

BJD 32.8%won by 6.7%BJP 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.0% to 6.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.9% between them, down from 79.8% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,00,708
Turnout
72.3%
Valid votes
1,45,082
Margin
9,791
6.75%

Candidates

15 contested · winner BJD
  1. 1JIBAN PRADIP DASHBiju Janata Dal · BJD47,61532.8%
  2. 2MADAN MOHAN DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,82426.1%
  3. 3ARUN DEYIndian National Congress · INC28,65019.7%
  4. 4MANAS RANJAN DAS PATTNAIKIndependent · IND24,72017.0%
  5. 5BASANTALATA PATTANAYAKIndependent · IND1,6011.1%
  6. 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA8270.6%
  7. 7BHASKAR CHANDRA JENAUS · US8130.6%
  8. 8GOURANGA CHARAN PANIGRAHICommunist Party of India · CPI8120.6%
  9. 9KESU DASAam Aadmi Party · AAP4960.3%
  10. 10RAJENDRA BALIndependent · IND3770.3%
  11. 11ARCHANA NANDIAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC3660.3%
  12. 12MAYADHAR BEHERABahujan Samaj Party · BSP3590.2%
  13. 13MD SAHIRUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2690.2%
  14. 14MAHESWAR BEHERAIndependent · IND2350.2%
  15. 15ABHISHEK DASBISD · BISD1180.1%

Since 2009

Derived
Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJD–BJP swing
−32.6%
BJD share
45.4% → 32.8%
BJP share
6.0% → 26.1%
Turnout
— → 72.3%
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