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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2009

Balasore

Parliamentary constituency 6 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 2009

[01]Result · 2009

#6 · GEN
Poll date16 Apr 2009
Contestants9Candidate lines
Electors12,69,342
Votes polled8,92,345
Turnout70.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSrikant Kumar JenaIndian National Congress3,13,88835.2% of votes
MARGIN38,900 votes · 4.4 pp3,13,888 − 2,74,988
Runner-upArun Dey Nationalist Congress Party2,74,98830.8% of votes
INC 53.3% of top-two votesNCP 46.7%

All candidates 9

  1. 01 Srikant Kumar JenaINC3,13,888 35.2%
  2. 02 Arun DeyNCP2,74,988 30.8%
  3. 03 Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharabela SwainBJP2,19,908 24.6%
  4. 04 Arun JenaJMM25,577 2.9%
  5. 05 Debasish Ranjan DashSO25,485 2.9%
  6. 06 Laximikanta BeheraIND11,432 1.3%
  7. 07 Rakesh Ranjan PatraJHP7,962 0.9%
  8. 08 Shradhanjali PradhanBSP6,980 0.8%
  9. 09 Ghasiram MohantaIND6,042 0.7%

Turnout 70.3%

025507510070.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 66.7%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 21 seats, 200966.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 8,92,262Residual 83

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    11.9 pp
    Pratap Chandra SarangiBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    1.1 pp
    Pratap Chandra SarangiBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    13.5 pp
    Rabindra Kumar JenaBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2009
    4.4 pp
    Srikant Kumar JenaIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    21.1 pp
    Bhartruhari MahtabBiju Janata Dal
  6. 1999
    32.9 pp
    Bhartruhari MahtabBiju Janata Dal
  7. 1998
    16.9 pp
    Bhartruhari MahatabBiju Janata Dal
  8. 1996
    8.2 pp
    Biju PatnaikJanata Dal
  9. 1991
    7.5 pp
    Srikanta JenaJanata Dal
  10. 1989
    31.2 pp
    Srikanta JenaJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    16.2 pp
    Jayanti PattanikIndian National Congress
  12. 1981
    17.8 pp
    J.Patnaik(W)Indian National Congress
  13. 1980
    33.6 pp
    Janaki Ballav PatnaikIndian National Congress
  14. 1977
    18.3 pp
    Sarat Kumar KarBharatiya Lok Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 33.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 2,19,908 votes, 5.7× the 38,900-vote margin.

    2,19,908 ÷ 38,900 = 5.7

  2. The top two polled 66.0% of votes; the other 7 candidates 34.0% between them.

    (3,13,888 + 2,74,988) ÷ 8,92,345 = 66.0% · 3,03,386 ÷ 8,92,345 = 34.0%

  3. Turnout of 70.3% was 3.6 pp above the state's median seat (66.7%).

    70.3 − 66.7 = +3.6

  4. The margin narrowed from 21.1 pp in 2004 to 4.4 pp.

    4.4 − 21.1 = −16.7 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: BJD in 2004, INC in 2009.

    2004 BJD · 2009 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines8,92,262
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled8,92,345
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 83

Candidate votes miss the published total by 83, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2009 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 21 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 2009 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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