Constituency
320. Balasore
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-BALASORE
INC 35.2%won by 4.4%NCP 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.0% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
12,69,342
Turnout
70.3%
Valid votes
8,92,262
Margin
38,900
4.36%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1SRIKANT KUMAR JENAIndian National Congress · INC3,13,88835.2%
- 2ARUN DEYNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,74,98830.8%
- 3MAHAMEGHA BAHAN AIRA KHARABELA SWAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,19,90824.6%
- 4ARUN JENAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM25,5772.9%
- 5DEBASISH RANJAN DASHSAMO · SAMO25,4852.9%
- 6LAXIMIKANTA BEHERAIndependent · IND11,4321.3%
- 7RAKESH RANJAN PATRAJHKP · JHKP7,9620.9%
- 8SHRADHANJALI PRADHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,9800.8%
- 9GHASIRAM MOHANTAIndependent · IND6,0420.7%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–NCP swing
- −29.0%
- INC share
- 33.4% → 35.2%
- NCP share
- 0.0% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- 71.2% → 70.3%