Constituency
317. Bhadrak
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-BHADRAK
BJD 52.5%won by 10.2%INC 42.3%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.0% to 10.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.2% to 69.0%.
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Electorate
13,50,755
Turnout
69.0%
Valid votes
9,32,276
Margin
94,769
10.17%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJD- 1ARJUN CHARAN SETHIBiju Janata Dal · BJD4,89,20052.5%
- 2MURALIDHAR JENAIndian National Congress · INC3,94,43142.3%
- 3Purusottam MalikIndependent · IND31,5863.4%
- 4PRAFULLA KUMAR DASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,0591.8%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- BJD
- Winner now
- BJD
- BJD–INC swing
- −7.9%
- BJD share
- 58.5% → 52.5%
- INC share
- 40.5% → 42.3%
- Turnout
- 56.8% → 69.0%