Constituency
329. Kendrapara
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-KENDRAPARA
BJD 51.1%won by 12.9%INC 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.4% to 12.9%.
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 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,34,425
Turnout
68.5%
Valid votes
9,83,010
Margin
1,27,107
12.93%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJD- 1BAIJAYANT PANDABiju Janata Dal · BJD5,02,63551.1%
- 2RANJIB BISWALIndian National Congress · INC3,75,52838.2%
- 3JNANDEV BEURABharatiya Janata Party · BJP80,3928.2%
- 4LENIN LENKABahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,5650.9%
- 5PRATAP CHANDRA JENASAMO · SAMO5,7770.6%
- 6SARAT CHANDRA SWAINIndependent · IND5,6980.6%
- 7RAMA KRISHNA DASHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,6360.3%
- 8PRAVAKAR NAYAKKS · KS1,7790.2%
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
- +2.5%
- BJD share
- 54.2% → 51.1%
- INC share
- 43.8% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- 70.5% → 68.5%