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Constituency

309. Bhadrak

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BHADRAK

JD 43.3%won by 1.8%INC 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.2% to 1.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 98.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 8.2% to 60.4%.

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

Electorate
9,80,232
Turnout
60.4%
Valid votes
5,92,297
Margin
10,939
1.85%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDINC swing
−14.4%
JD share
57.3% 43.3%
INC share
41.1% 41.5%
Turnout
68.6% 60.4%