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322. Puri

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-PURI

BJD 58.0%won by 19.9%INC 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.5% to 19.9%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 56.1%.

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

Electorate
11,76,817
Turnout
56.1%
Valid votes
6,60,679
Margin
1,31,745
19.94%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJD
  1. 1Braja Kishore TripathyBiju Janata Dal · BJD3,83,06058.0%
  2. 2Jayant DasIndian National Congress · INC2,51,31538.0%
  3. 3Jagannath MishraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,0262.0%
  4. 4Kshitish BiswalCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,5740.5%
  5. 5Akshaya ChampatirayAJBP · AJBP3,1610.5%
  6. 6Satrughna BeheraBRPP · BRPP2,2070.3%
  7. 7Krushna Chandra SwainIndependent · IND2,1870.3%
  8. 8Agadhu BeheraIndependent · IND1,6510.2%
  9. 9Raj Kishore DashIndependent · IND4980.1%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJD–INC swing
+12.4%
BJD share
51.5% → 58.0%
INC share
44.0% → 38.0%
Turnout
61.1% → 56.1%
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