Constituency
314. Puri
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-PURI
JD 48.7%won by 6.9%INC 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.7% to 6.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.5% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.8% to 58.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,68,881
Turnout
58.4%
Valid votes
5,66,014
Margin
38,957
6.88%
Candidates
10 contested · winner JD- 1BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHYJanata Dal · JD2,75,60848.7%
- 2GANGADHAR MAHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC2,36,65141.8%
- 3KRUSHNA CHANDRA JAGDEBBharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,1785.9%
- 4HARIHAR BAHINIPATIJanahitha Paksha · JP7,6691.4%
- 5RAJKISHORE RAYOVP · OVP3,8280.7%
- 6NARAYAN KANDIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,0760.5%
- 7MANORAMA SARANGI (W)Independent · IND2,7820.5%
- 8ASHWINY GAUTAMLKD · LKD1,3610.2%
- 9RAJ KISHORE DASHIndependent · IND1,2500.2%
- 10BIBHUPADA MISHRAIndependent · IND6110.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- JD
- JD–INC swing
- −15.8%
- JD share
- 59.8% → 48.7%
- INC share
- 37.1% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- 65.2% → 58.4%