Khurda
Assembly constituency 59 (GEN) · Odisha
[01]Result · 2000
#59 · GENAll candidates 5
Turnout 57.3%
Share of 1,77,021 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males904
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 147 seats, 200059.2%
- ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 1,01,385Residual 2
Seat history 2019–1961
- 2019
4.6 ppMukesh Kumar PalBiju Janata Dal
- 2014
4.1 ppMahesh SahooBiju Janata Dal
- 2009
6.3 ppRabi Narayan PaniBiju Janata Dal
- 2004
5.2 ppJyotirindra Nath MitraBiju Janata Dal
- 2000
5.4 ppJyotirindra Nath MitraIndependent
- 1998
13.2 ppDillip SrichandanIndian National Congress
- 1995
4.8 ppPrasanna Kumar PatasaniJanata Dal
- 1990
44.0 ppPrasan Kumar PatsaniJanata Dal
- 1985
41.3 ppJanaki Ballav PattnaikIndian National Congress
- 1980
17.4 ppPrasanna Kumar PatsaniIndian National Congress
- 1977
4.4 ppSudarsan MohantyJanata Party
- 1974
1.6 ppBenudhar BaliarsinghIndian National Congress
- 1971
21.1 ppAchyutananda MohantyUtkal Congress
- 1967
7.9 ppA.MohantyIndependent
- 1961
17.5 ppDeb Bhanugang Tribhuban RajaGantantra Parishad
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 44.0 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Third-placed INC polled 29,583 votes, 5.5× the 5,426-vote margin.
29,583 ÷ 5,426 = 5.5 -
The top two polled 64.3% of votes; the other 3 candidates 35.7% between them.
(35,320 + 29,894) ÷ 1,01,387 = 64.3% · 36,171 ÷ 1,01,387 = 35.7% -
Turnout of 57.3% was 1.9 pp below the state's median seat (59.2%).
57.3 − 59.2 = −1.9 -
The margin narrowed from 13.2 pp in 1998 to 5.4 pp.
5.4 − 13.2 = −7.8 pp -
The seat changed hands: INC in 1998, IND in 2000.
1998 INC · 2000 IND
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines1,01,385
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled1,01,387
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 2
Candidate votes miss the published total by 2, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2000 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed
State median turnoutComputed from 147 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 2000 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database