Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Bhadrak

Muralidhar Jena (INC) won by 64,572 votes (9.0%).

Electors
11,29,875
Votes polled
7,22,571
Valid votes
Turnout
64.0%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 9.0% (median 9.4%). Back to Orissa · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
7.1%(+4.7%)
Turnout
73.3%(-4.0%)
NOTA
0.4%
Top-2 squeeze
81.7%

Winning margin over time · Bhadrak

196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202438%

Candidates

Candidates · Bhadrak 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Muralidhar JenaWinnerINC3,36,26547.0%
2Ratha DasJD2,71,69338.0%
3Bishnu Charan SethyBJP96,56613.5%
4Sridhar JenaIND3,7140.5%
5Basanti MallikIND2,8710.4%
6Suratha JenaIND1,1110.2%
7Khageswar JenaIND8550.1%
8Mangulia JenaIND7510.1%
9Sudarsan JenaIND4920.1%
10Pratap DasIND4660.1%

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