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Constituency

314. Puri

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-PURI

JD 48.7%won by 6.9%INC 41.8%

What changed here

Derived

Janata 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%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDINC swing
−15.8%
JD share
59.8% 48.7%
INC share
37.1% 41.8%
Turnout
65.2% 58.4%