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308. Puri

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-PURI

JD 59.8%won by 22.7%INC 37.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 22.7%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 59.8% of the vote here (+59.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 65.2%.

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

Electorate
9,41,735
Turnout
65.2%
Valid votes
6,14,250
Margin
1,39,572
22.72%

Candidates

7 contested · winner JD
  1. 1NILAMANI ROUTRAYJanata Dal · JD3,67,61859.8%
  2. 2BRAJAMOHAN MOHANTIIndian National Congress · INC2,28,04637.1%
  3. 3HEMCHAND CHOUDHURYJNPJP · JNPJP8,3431.4%
  4. 4MAHESH PRASAD RATHDDP · DDP4,1710.7%
  5. 5SARAT ROUTRAYKGP · KGP3,3300.5%
  6. 6RAJKISHORE DASHIndependent · IND1,7980.3%
  7. 7GANGADHAR SAHOOIndependent · IND9440.2%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–INC swing
+75.3%
JD share
0.0% → 59.8%
INC share
52.6% → 37.1%
Turnout
61.6% → 65.2%
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