Bhubaneswar, March 7 -- While a pre-poll alliance between the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems almost sealed, it is worthwhile to look back and think about the outcome of the Elections five years ago when there was no such alliance or seat adjustment. BJD had an impressive performance winning 112 seats out of the 146 seats contested. Its vote share was, however, 44.71% -- a growth of just 1.3% over its performance in the previous election. On the other hand, BJP won just 23 seats while having an impressive vote share of 32.49%. In 13 constituencies it lost with a margin of less than six thousand votes. Its vote share went up by 14.5% and the number of winning seats was up by 13 while BJD's tally of seats we...