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In the 2009 elections, BJD got 36.9% of vote share in ST constituencies, whereas 2014 and 2019 elections saw a marginal increase in it with 38.47% and 39.61% respectively. BJP on the other hand gained 18.52% of vote share in 2009, 19.04 % in 2014 and increased it to 30.35% in…

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In 2009, out of 33 ST constituencies, 16 were won by BJD, 12 went to INC and 3 won by BJP. The remaining 2 seats went to IND and NCP each. In 2014, 24 constituencies were won by BJD, 6 won by INC and the remaining 3 seats were won by…

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Out of 147 assembly constituencies, there were 72 in which the party that won in assembly elections had the upper hand in Lok Sabha elections as well. In 2009, 63 constituencies won by BJD in assembly elections also saw it in dominated position in Lok Sabha elections. In the same way,…

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In 2009, BJD gain 37.23% of the vote share which increased to 44.77% in 2014 and reduced marginally to 43.32% in 2019. BJP increased its vote share from 16.46% in 2009 to 21.88% in 2014 which further increased to 38.88% in 2019. The 2019 general elections saw a decrease in BJD’s vote share…

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In terms of vote share, BJD dominated 97 constituencies in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections whereas INC and BJP managed to dominate 32 and 12 constituencies respectively. The remaining 6 constituencies were dominated by both CPI and NCP. The Lok Sabha elections in 2014 saw BJD dominating 116 constituencies, BJP in 20 and…

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In 2009, BJD gain 37.23% of the vote share which increased to 44.77% in 2014 and reduced marginally to 43.32% in 2019. BJP increased its vote share from 16.46% in 2009 to 21.88% in 2014 which further increased to 38.88% in 2019. INC got 32.75% of the vote share in 2009 which…

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In 2009, BJD won 14 seats, INC won 6 seats and the remaining 1 seat went to CPI. In 2014, BJD swept the state by bagging 20 seats out of 21 and BJP managed to secure 1 seat. In 2019, however, the battle didn’t remain one-sided but saw BJP substantially improve…

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The last three election results saw a varied margin trend in BJD’s winning margin in 26 constituencies. The trend marked a winning margin increase in 2014 from 2009 and a decrease in 2019 in all of these constituencies. In total there were 16 constituencies where the winning margin difference between 2014 and…

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The last three election results saw a constant decline in BJD’s winning margin in 25 constituencies. Out of these, in 15 seats its margin of victory was less than 10% in 2019. The biggest fall in margin was seen in Bhanjanagar where BJD’s winning margin was 62% in 2009 which was…

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