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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2004

Balasore

Parliamentary constituency 2 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 2004

[01]Result · 2004

#2 · ST
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6Candidate lines
Electors13,30,406
Votes polled9,48,450
Turnout71.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerMahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela SwainBharatiya Janata Party5,53,08758.3% of votes
MARGIN2,36,955 votes · 25.0 pp5,53,087 − 3,16,132
Runner-upNiranjan Panda Indian National Congress3,16,13233.3% of votes
BJP 63.6% of top-two votesINC 36.4%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela SwainBJP5,53,087 58.3%
  2. 02 Niranjan PandaINC3,16,132 33.3%
  3. 03 Mrutyunjay MohapatraIND28,247 3.0%
  4. 04 Nalini Kumar JenaBSP21,204 2.2%
  5. 05 Trailokya Nath DasRPI15,026 1.6%
  6. 06 Malayendra Kisor ChaudhuriBMVP13,873 1.5%

Turnout 71.3%

025507510071.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 67.3%
Male 6.81 lakh51.2% Female 6.49 lakh48.8%

Share of 13,30,406 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males953
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 21 seats, 200467.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 9,47,569Residual 881

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    12.0 pp
    Jual OramBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    20.3 pp
    Jual OramBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    1.9 pp
    Jual @ Juel OramBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    1.5 pp
    Hemanand BiswalIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    25.0 pp
    Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela SwainBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1999
    17.6 pp
    Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela SwainBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    10.5 pp
    Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela SwainBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    24.3 pp
    Kartik MohapatraIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    2.2 pp
    Kartikeswar PatraIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    17.9 pp
    Samarendra KunduJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    16.0 pp
    Chintamani JenaIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    35.1 pp
    Chintamani JenaIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    17.0 pp
    Samarendra KunduBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 35.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 91.6% of votes; the other 4 candidates 8.3% between them.

    (5,53,087 + 3,16,132) ÷ 9,48,450 = 91.6% · 78,350 ÷ 9,48,450 = 8.3%

  2. Turnout of 71.3% was 4.0 pp above the state's median seat (67.3%).

    71.3 − 67.3 = +4.0

  3. The margin widened from 17.6 pp in 1999 to 25.0 pp.

    25.0 − 17.6 = +7.4 pp

  4. BJP held the seat it won in 1999.

    1999 BJP · 2004 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines9,47,569
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled9,48,450
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 881

Candidate votes miss the published total by 881, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2004 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 21 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 2004 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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