Constituency
323. Dhenkanal
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-DHENKANAL
BJD 46.5%won by 21.8%INC 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.5% to 21.8%.
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 7.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 91.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,83,608
Turnout
66.7%
Valid votes
8,56,631
Margin
1,86,587
21.78%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJD- 1TATHAGATA SATPATHYBiju Janata Dal · BJD3,98,56846.5%
- 2CHANDRA SEKHAR TRIPATHIIndian National Congress · INC2,11,98124.7%
- 3RUDRANARAYAN PANYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,08,29624.3%
- 4KRISHNA CHANDRA SAHOOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP19,3032.3%
- 5PRIYABRATA GARNAIKKS · KS18,4832.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJD
- Winner now
- BJD
- BJD–INC swing
- +6.2%
- BJD share
- 53.6% → 46.5%
- INC share
- 38.0% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- 67.3% → 66.7%