Constituency
331. Puri
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-PURI
BJD 48.0%won by 23.2%INC 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedBiju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 23.2%.
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 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
13,22,817
Turnout
68.8%
Valid votes
9,10,151
Margin
2,11,305
23.22%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJD- 1PINAKI MISRABiju Janata Dal · BJD4,36,96148.0%
- 2DEBENDRA NATH MANSINGHIndian National Congress · INC2,25,65624.8%
- 3BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,09,28723.0%
- 4PRABHAT KUMAR BADAPANDAIndependent · IND12,0171.3%
- 5SABYASACHI MOHAPATRAKS · KS10,9251.2%
- 6JITENDRA KUMAR SAHOOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9,2111.0%
- 7KSHITISH BISWALCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,0940.7%
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
- +16.4%
- BJD share
- 52.0% → 48.0%
- INC share
- 45.1% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- 69.0% → 68.8%