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Constituency

321. Bhadrak

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-BHADRAK

BJD 44.9%won by 5.9%INC 38.9%

What changed here

Derived

Biju 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.

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

Electorate
13,72,356
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
9,29,162
Margin
54,938
5.91%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJDINC swing
−4.3%
BJD share
52.5% 44.9%
INC share
42.3% 38.9%
Turnout
69.0% 67.7%