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316. Balasore

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-BALASORE

BJP 55.7%won by 17.7%INC 37.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 17.7%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.1% to 61.9%.

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

Electorate
12,42,578
Turnout
61.9%
Valid votes
7,68,769
Margin
1,36,372
17.74%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela SwainBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,28,07055.7%
  2. 2Subhankar MohapatraIndian National Congress · INC2,91,69837.9%
  3. 3Sambhunath MohantyCommunist Party of India · CPI26,5863.5%
  4. 4Tapas Kumar RathaJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM14,8131.9%
  5. 5Chaitanya Prasad SahuJanahitha Paksha · JP2,9010.4%
  6. 6Gopal KhandelwalNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,7290.4%
  7. 7Jagannath PatraIndependent · IND1,1090.1%
  8. 8Niranjan JenaBRPP · BRPP8630.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–INC swing
+7.1%
BJP share
53.2% → 55.7%
INC share
42.6% → 37.9%
Turnout
66.0% → 61.9%
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