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Puri

Assembly seat no. 107 in Odisha · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1961.

Odisha also has a Lok Sabha constituency called PURI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.

Winner, 2014
MAHESWAR MOHANTY
BJD
Elections held
15
1961–2024
Most successful party
BJD
won 5 of 15
Margin, 2014
34,721
24.17% of valid votes

Result, 2014

Winner
Votes
76,760
Vote share
53.44%
Margin
34,721
Runner-up
INCUMA BALLAV RATH
Votes
42,039
Vote share
29.27%
Behind by
34,721
Electors
2,24,358
Total votes polled
1,43,627
Valid votes
1,43,627
NOTA votes
1,526
1.06% of votes polled
Turnout
64.0%

Full result, 2014

9 candidates · 1,43,627 valid votes

2014 election →
MAHESWAR MOHANTYBJDwon
76,760
53.4%
UMA BALLAV RATHINC
42,039
29.3%
KRUSHNA CHANDRA PANDABJP
17,560
12.2%
SURENDRANATH DASHSKD
2,504
1.7%
ADITYA HRUDAY MISHRAAAAP
1,058
0.7%
BASANTI BHOIBSP
921
0.6%
SRIDHAR MISHRAAOP
580
0.4%
NRUSINGHA CHARAN DASAITC
348
0.2%
RAMA CHANDRA PRADHANIND
331
0.2%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 15 elections

View all 15
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2024Sunil Kumar MohantyBJD74,70945.84%Jayanta Kumar Sarangi5,178
2019Jayanta Kumar SarangiBJP76,74749.28%Maheswar Mohanty4,008
2014MAHESWAR MOHANTYBJD76,76053.44%UMA BALLAV RATH34,721
2009MAHESWAR MOHANTYBJD61,32851.58%UMA BALLAV RATH13,394
2004MAHESWAR MOHANTYBJD70,80953.61%UMA BALLAV RATH16,422

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%19%38%57%76%196119671971197419771980198519901995200020042009201420192024Turnout

Winning margin

0%16%32%47%63%196119671971197419771980198519901995200020042009201420192024Margin

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