Biggest & Lowest Victory Margins in Odisha Assembly Polls

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TNI Bureau: With a historic win, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not just surprised everyone but also ended the 24-year-long tenure of Chief Minister and ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik.

The saffron party won 78 assembly seats and is poised to form Government with a clear majority in Odisha. On the other hand, BJD managed to win just 51 seats, while Congress became victorious in 14 seats. Three independent candidates and one CPI(M) member also won the assembly election.

In such a situation let see the biggest & lowest victory margins in Odisha assembly polls.

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List of five lowest victory margins:

  1. 37 votes from Bhubaneswar Central -BJD’s ANANTA NARAYAN JENA (53759) won against BJP’s JAGANNATH PRADHAN (53722).
  2. 319 votes from Jaleswar- ASWINI KUMAR PATRA (83105) of Biju Janata Dal won against BRAJAMOHAN PRADHAN (82786) of Bharatiya Janata Party.
  3. 439 votes from Nayagarh- ARUN KUMAR SAHOO (81959) of Biju Janata Dal won against PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH (81520) of Bharatiya Janata Party.
  4. 631 votes from Basudevpur- ASHOK KUMAR DAS (77843) of Indian National Congress won against BISHNUBRATA ROUTRAY (77212) Biju Janata Dal.
  5. 802 votes from Soro- MADHAB DHADA (63642) of Biju Janata Dal won against PARSHURAM DHADA (62840) of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

List of five highest victory margins:

  1. 51465 votes from Bari- BISWA RANJAN MALLICK (101966) of Biju Janata Dal won against UMESH CHANDRA JENA (50501) of Bharatiya Janata Party.
  2. 47814 votes from Begunia – PRADIP KUMAR SAHU (90964) of Biju Janata Dal won against PRAKASHA CHANDRA BIJULI (43150) of Bharatiya Janata Party.
  3. 39994 votes from Champua – SANATAN MAHAKUD (103120) of Biju Janata Dal won against MURALI MANOHAR SHARMA (63126) of Bharatiya Janata Party.
  4. 37979 votes from Patna – AKHILA CHANDRA NAIK (97041) of Bharatiya Janata Party won against JAGANNATH NAIK (59062) of Biju Janata Dal.
  5. 37387 votes from Badasahi – SANATAN BIJULI (83276) of Bharatiya Janata Party defeated ANASUYA PATRA (45889) of Biju Janata Dal.
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