Independent on Puri

State 21 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 28 contested

IND never finished second here

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 28 published candidatures

Best vote share4.60%in 1980

Worst vote share0.10%in 2024

Average vote share0.83% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1980

Last contested2024

Votes polled here1.2 Lacross all 28 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Independent vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 2004, 2014, 2019 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

28 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	Sobha Pandey	2,229	0.20%	6	Lost · 6th
2024	Dillip Kumar Baral	1,611	0.10%	7	Lost · 7th
2009	Prabhat Kumar Badapanda	12,017	1.30%	4	Lost · 4th
1999	Shiv Shankar Bagh	2,400	0.30%	5	Lost · 5th
1998	Surya Prakash Mohapatra	2,237	0.30%	8	Lost · 8th
1996	Dasharatha Patra	11,380	1.70%	4	Lost · 4th
1996	Dadhibaban Satapathy	1,386	0.20%	9	Lost · 9th
1996	Tejaraj Naik	1,315	0.20%	10	Lost · 10th
1996	Purandar Shashani	979	0.10%	11	Lost · 11th
1996	Sashi Bhoi	2,049	0.30%	6	Lost · 6th
1996	Ram Krushana Mahanand	1,676	0.30%	8	Lost · 8th
1991	Sashibhusan Bhoi	1,762	0.30%	8	Lost · 8th
1991	Brajamohankalet	781	0.20%	12	Lost · 12th
1991	Ramakrushnaberiha	984	0.20%	11	Lost · 11th
1991	Purostam Bagh	1,042	0.20%	10	Lost · 10th
1991	Chailameher	1,547	0.30%	9	Lost · 9th
1991	Bhikari Charan Pancharia	2,962	0.60%	6	Lost · 6th
1991	Amarendranarayan Dilleshware	468	0.10%	13	Lost · 13th
1989	Purusottam Bag	5,099	0.80%	5	Lost · 5th
1989	Loknath Pradhan	1,974	0.30%	7	Lost · 7th
1989	Sasibhusan Pradhan	2,721	0.40%	6	Lost · 6th
1989	Kisan Pattnaik	14,987	2.40%	4	Lost · 4th
1984	Ambika Chanan Sharma	4,613	1.10%	5	Lost · 5th
1984	Bhaskar Bariha	11,513	2.70%	4	Lost · 4th
1980	M. Kumbhar	5,524	1.60%	5	Lost · 5th
1980	Tribikram Mallik	4,860	1.40%	6	Lost · 6th
1980	Kumar Dilleswar Pradhan	3,823	1.10%	7	Lost · 7th
1980	Jagadish Panda	15,635	4.60%	4	Lost · 4th

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Biju Janata Dal Janata Dal Bharatiya Lok Dal Indian National Congress (I)Janta Party Janta Party (SECULAR)Bahujan Samaj Party Lok Dal Jharkhand Party Kalinga Sena Ajeya Bharat Party Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha All India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Samata Party Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)Aam Aadmi Party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Samajwadi Party Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star West Orissa Peoples Front Samajwadi Janata Party (RASHTRIYA)