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323. Bhubaneswar

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-BHUBANESWAR

BJD 66.3%won by 37.4%INC 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.4% to 37.4%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.3% to 47.4%.
  • Safe seatBiju Janata Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
13,18,560
Turnout
47.4%
Valid votes
6,25,342
Margin
2,33,961
37.41%

Candidates

7 contested · winner BJD
  1. 1Prasanna Kumar PatasaniBiju Janata Dal · BJD4,14,42966.3%
  2. 2Bibhuti Bhusan Singh MardarajIndian National Congress · INC1,80,46828.9%
  3. 3Soubhagya Chandra NaikBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,6501.5%
  4. 4Kulamani SahooIndependent · IND9,1111.5%
  5. 5Sujata PattanaikShiv Sena · SHS4,1930.7%
  6. 6Kuna Chandra BhoiBRPP · BRPP4,1350.7%
  7. 7Bhima MurmuJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM3,3560.5%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJD–INC swing
+18.0%
BJD share
57.6% → 66.3%
INC share
38.2% → 28.9%
Turnout
52.8% → 47.4%
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