Constituency
322. Puri
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-PURI
BJD 51.5%won by 7.5%INC 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 7.5%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 51.5% of the vote here (+51.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 87.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,40,488
Turnout
61.1%
Valid votes
6,96,882
Margin
52,545
7.54%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJD- 1BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHYBiju Janata Dal · BJD3,58,97851.5%
- 2PINAKI MISHRAIndian National Congress · INC3,06,43344.0%
- 3DURGA CHARAN ROUTRAYJanata Dal · JD14,2872.1%
- 4KRUSHNA CHANDRA SWAINIndependent · IND8,7681.3%
- 5PITABASA KANDIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,4420.5%
- 6KHITISH BISWALCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,1210.4%
- 7HIMANSU MOHAPATRARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,8530.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +59.4%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 51.5%
- INC share
- 51.8% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- 61.8% → 61.1%