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Constituency

328. Kalahandi

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-KALAHANDI

BJP 47.3%won by 4.5%INC 42.8%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.1% to 4.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.2% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 66.6%.

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

Electorate
11,32,680
Turnout
66.6%
Valid votes
7,54,128
Margin
34,122
4.52%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−13.6%
BJP share
57.9% 47.3%
INC share
39.8% 42.8%
Turnout
60.6% 66.6%