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Constituency

329. Phulbani

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-PHULBANI

BJD 42.9%won by 2.4%INC 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.2% to 2.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.4% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.5% to 66.5%.

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

Electorate
11,83,731
Turnout
66.5%
Valid votes
7,87,293
Margin
19,272
2.45%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJDINC swing
−13.8%
BJD share
56.6% 42.9%
INC share
40.4% 40.5%
Turnout
56.0% 66.5%