Constituency
325. Kalahandi
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-KALAHANDI
INC 41.1%won by 15.7%BJD 25.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% between them, down from 90.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 68.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,21,959
Turnout
68.8%
Valid votes
9,78,393
Margin
1,54,037
15.74%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1BHAKTA CHARAN DASIndian National Congress · INC4,01,73641.1%
- 2SUBASH CHANDRA NAYAKBiju Janata Dal · BJD2,47,69925.3%
- 3BIKRAM KESHARI DEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,21,85122.7%
- 4NAKULA MAJHIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP40,1674.1%
- 5MAHESWAR BHOIIndependent · IND26,8802.7%
- 6DAMBARUDHARA SUNANIIndependent · IND14,7201.5%
- 7PARAMESWAR KANDSamajwadi Party · SP14,1021.4%
- 8BALARAM HOTACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL11,2381.1%
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–BJD swing
- −27.1%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 41.1%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 25.3%
- Turnout
- 66.6% → 68.8%