Constituency
308. Balasore
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-BALASORE
INC 44.1%won by 2.2%JD 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 38.0% to 44.1% of the vote here (+6.1%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.0% between them, down from 94.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 60.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,95,301
Turnout
60.7%
Valid votes
6,03,786
Margin
13,218
2.19%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1KARTIKESWAR PATRAIndian National Congress · INC2,66,13944.1%
- 2SAMARENDRA KUNDUJanata Dal · JD2,52,92141.9%
- 3KALYANKUMAR RAYMAHASAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP61,36010.2%
- 4ASWANI KUMAR PALIndependent · IND9,1111.5%
- 5MAHESWAR BAGJanahitha Paksha · JP6,2931.0%
- 6SURYA HANSADAIndependent · IND4,1050.7%
- 7PITAMBAR BHUYANPBI · PBI1,2210.2%
- 8MANORANJAN DASOVP · OVP1,1160.2%
- 9ANAM DHINDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP7600.1%
- 10GAJENDRANATH JENADDP · DDP4250.1%
- 11GOPINATH MALLIKIndependent · IND3350.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- +20.5%
- INC share
- 38.0% → 44.1%
- JD share
- 56.3% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 66.7% → 60.7%