In the 2009 elections, BJD got 47.88% of vote share in rural constituencies, in 2014 the vote share dipped to 47.54% and in 2019 elections saw it marginally increased to 48.48% of vote share. BJP on the other hand, gained 13.9% of vote share in 2009, 17.15% in 2014 and significantly increased it to 32.97% in 2019.
BJP almost doubled its vote share in 2019 and will need to put a well rounded strategy in place to translate this increased support base into more seats in rural constituencies in the next state elections.
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