Constituency
323. Bhubaneswar
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-BHUBANESWAR
BJD 51.3%won by 13.2%INC 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.4% to 13.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.5% between them, down from 95.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.8% to 57.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,91,536
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
8,53,005
Margin
1,12,279
13.16%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJD- 1PRASANNA KUMAR PATASANIBiju Janata Dal · BJD4,37,76251.3%
- 2SOUMYA RANJAN PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC3,25,48338.2%
- 3PRAMILA BEHERAIndependent · IND36,4214.3%
- 4B. RAMACHANDRAIndependent · IND17,1312.0%
- 5PRAMOD SAMANTARARPI · RPI8,5261.0%
- 6BADRI NARAYAN ROUTRAYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,3281.0%
- 7SHANTI DASSamajwadi Party · SP6,5310.8%
- 8SANTOSH KUMAR MISHRAAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM5,1760.6%
- 9Sushant Kumar ChoudhuryJanata Dal (United) · JDU4,0210.5%
- 10KULAMANI SAHOOIndependent · IND3,6260.4%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- BJD
- Winner now
- BJD
- BJD–INC swing
- −24.3%
- BJD share
- 66.3% → 51.3%
- INC share
- 28.9% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- 47.4% → 57.2%