Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Puri

Braja Kishore Tripathy (BJD) won by 52,545 votes (7.5%).

Electors
11,40,488
Votes polled
7,04,808
Valid votes
Turnout
61.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 7.5% (median 7.6%). Back to Orissa · 1998 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
8.8%(+7.8%)
Turnout
75.4%(-0.2%)
NOTA
0.6%
Top-2 squeeze
97.0%

Winning margin over time · Puri

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Candidates

Candidates · Puri 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Braja Kishore TripathyWinnerBJD3,58,97851.5%
2Pinaki MishraINC3,06,43344.0%
3Durga Charan RoutrayJD14,2872.1%
4Krushna Chandra SwainIND8,7681.3%
5Pitabasa KandiBSP3,4420.5%
6Khitish BiswalCPI(ML)(L)3,1210.4%
7Himansu MohapatraRJD1,8530.3%

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