Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Bhubaneswar

Soumya Ranjan Pattnaik (INC) won by 78,419 votes (12.5%).

Electors
12,08,667
Votes polled
6,35,298
Valid votes
Turnout
52.6%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 12.5% (median 9.4%). Back to Orissa · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Marginal (2–5%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
3.3%(+0.9%)
Turnout
64.7%(+1.9%)
NOTA
0.8%
Top-2 squeeze
92.2%

Winning margin over time · Bhubaneswar

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202444%

Candidates

Candidates · Bhubaneswar 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Soumya Ranjan PattnaikWinnerINC2,98,28947.4%
2Sivaji PatnaikCPM2,19,87035.0%
3Brundaban KalasBJP62,0529.9%
4Chintamani PanigrahiAIIC(T)15,5952.5%
5Baikunthanath BiswalJP8,8141.4%
6Dinesh Prasad SahaIND5,1110.8%
7Dukhishyam MangarajIND4,7820.8%
8Nakul Chandra MallickIND2,9020.5%
9Mantosh HaldarIND2,4140.4%
10Sarbeswar BhoiIND1,9870.3%
11Srirama Chandran Sahoo Ratna BeheraIND1,8100.3%
12Kulamani SahooIND1,4000.2%
13Sanatan BeheraIND1,2850.2%
14Bira Kishore DasIND1,1070.2%
15Mrutyunjaya PradhanIND9450.2%
16Bajendra Kumar RathIND3340.1%

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