Constituency
335. Keonjhar
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-KEONJHAR
BJP 43.7%won by 6.0%INC 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.0% to 6.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 98.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.2% to 68.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,83,472
Turnout
68.8%
Valid votes
8,14,662
Margin
49,209
6.04%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1ANANTA NAYAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,55,70243.7%
- 2NILAKANTHA NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC3,06,49337.6%
- 3MAHESWAR MAJHIIndependent · IND61,6127.6%
- 4DR. SUDARSAN LOHARIndependent · IND38,1994.7%
- 5UPENDRA NATH NAYAKIndependent · IND31,1653.8%
- 6DEEPAK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND21,4912.6%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −30.0%
- BJP share
- 67.5% → 43.7%
- INC share
- 31.5% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- 56.6% → 68.8%