Constituency
325. Kalahandi
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014
IN-KALAHANDI
BJD 33.2%won by 5.0%BJP 28.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 5.0%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 25.3% to 33.2% of the vote here (+7.9%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.3% between them, down from 66.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.0% to 75.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,74,135
Turnout
75.8%
Valid votes
11,17,536
Margin
56,347
5.04%
Candidates
16 contested · winner BJD- 1ARKA KESHARI DEOBiju Janata Dal · BJD3,70,87133.2%
- 2PRADIPTA KUMAR NAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,14,52428.1%
- 3BHAKTA CHARAN DASIndian National Congress · INC3,07,96727.6%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA20,8801.9%
- 5SIBA HATISamajwadi Party · SP18,8691.7%
- 6SAROJ KUMAR NAIKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,1151.3%
- 7RAJENDRA KUMAR MUNDIndependent · IND10,8391.0%
- 8DAITARY PRADHANAOP · AOP8,6980.8%
- 9BIGHNA RAJ PANDASAMO · SAMO8,6000.8%
- 10CHHABILAL NIALA · A8,2990.7%
- 11SUNIL CHANDRA NAYAKO · O7,3290.7%
- 12SATYA NARAYAN MAHARAam Aadmi Party · AAP6,3600.6%
- 13SAHADEV JALBMUP · BMUP5,8580.5%
- 14BAIKUNTHA DHANGADA MAJHIKS · KS5,0070.4%
- 15BALARAM HOTACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL4,8850.4%
- 16PARAMESWAR KANDS · S4,4350.4%
Since 2009
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–BJP swing
- +2.4%
- BJD share
- 25.3% → 33.2%
- BJP share
- 22.7% → 28.1%
- Turnout
- 68.8% → 75.8%