Constituency
321. Bhadrak
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-BHADRAK
BJD 44.9%won by 5.9%INC 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.2% to 5.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
13,72,356
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
9,29,162
Margin
54,938
5.91%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJD- 1ARJUN CHARAN SETHIBiju Janata Dal · BJD4,16,80844.9%
- 2ANANTA PRASAD SETHIIndian National Congress · INC3,61,87038.9%
- 3RATHA DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,22,43113.2%
- 4GOLAK PRASAD MALLIKIndependent · IND10,9701.2%
- 5SUSANTA KUMAR JENAIndependent · IND10,1661.1%
- 6NITYANANDA JENABahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,9170.7%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJD
- Winner now
- BJD
- BJD–INC swing
- −4.3%
- BJD share
- 52.5% → 44.9%
- INC share
- 42.3% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- 69.0% → 67.7%