Elections 98

State:	Orissa
Constituency:	Puri
Total Votes Polled:	704808
Winner: BJD	Braja Kishore Tripathy	358978
Runner Up: INC	Pinaki Mishra	306433
Margin: 52545 (15%)

Elections 96

State:	Orissa
Constituency:	Puri
Total Votes Polled:	689395
Winner: INC	Pinaki Mishra	352837
Runner Up: JD	Brajakishore Tripaty	240529
Margin: 112308 (16.49%)

Nilamani Routray won it for the JD in 1989. Braj Kishore Tripathy was the JD MP from here in 1991, and the next time round, in 1996, he was defeated by the Congress's Pinaki Mishra.