Election
Constituency

331. Puri

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014

IN-PURI

BJD 50.3%won by 25.3%INC 25.0%

What changed here

Derived

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.2% to 25.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.2% to 74.0%.
  • Safe seatBiju Janata Dal won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
14,04,581
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
10,39,389
Margin
2,63,361
25.34%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJD
  1. 1PINAKI MISRABiju Janata Dal · BJD5,23,16150.3%
  2. 2SUCHARITA MOHANTYIndian National Congress · INC2,59,80025.0%
  3. 3ASHOK SAHUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,15,76320.8%
  4. 4SABYASACHI MOHAPATRAKS · KS13,1901.3%
  5. 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA9,1500.9%
  6. 6BHASKAR CHANDRA MOHANTYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,0940.7%
  7. 7ASHOK PRADHANCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,9690.7%
  8. 8NIRAD BARAN KHUNTIAAam Aadmi Party · AAP4,2620.4%

Since 2009

Derived
Winner then
BJD
Winner now
BJD
BJD–INC swing
+2.1%
BJD share
48.0% → 50.3%
INC share
24.8% → 25.0%
Turnout
68.8% → 74.0%
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