Constituency
317. Sambalpur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-SAMBALPUR
INC 38.1%won by 1.9%BJD 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 46.4% to 38.1% of the vote here (−8.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,33,251
Turnout
64.9%
Valid votes
8,00,420
Margin
14,874
1.86%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1AMARNATH PRADHANIndian National Congress · INC3,04,89038.1%
- 2ROHIT PUJARIBiju Janata Dal · BJD2,90,01636.2%
- 3SURENDRA LATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,50,91018.9%
- 4MD. ALI HUSSAINIndependent · IND17,8742.2%
- 5GOBINDA RAM AGARWALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP16,8382.1%
- 6ASHOK KUMAR NAIKKOKD · KOKD10,3741.3%
- 7BIJAYA KUMAR MAHANANDARPI · RPI9,5181.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJD swing
- +3.7%
- INC share
- 46.4% → 38.1%
- BJD share
- 48.2% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- 65.2% → 64.9%