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320. Kalahandi

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-KALAHANDI

INC 30.7%won by 6.6%BJP 24.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.2% to 30.7% of the vote here (−4.5%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.7% between them, down from 81.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 51.5%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
8,44,830
Turnout
51.5%
Valid votes
4,35,232
Margin
28,925
6.65%

Candidates

19 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUBASH CHANDRA NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC1,33,40630.7%
  2. 2BIKRAM KESHARI DEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,04,48124.0%
  3. 3BHAKTA CHARAN DASJanahitha Paksha · JP89,41120.5%
  4. 4SURENDRA PATTJOSHIJanata Dal · JD75,24817.3%
  5. 5YUDHISTHIR PRASAD KASHYAPIndependent · IND12,7072.9%
  6. 6RAJENDRA KACHHIAIndependent · IND7,8591.8%
  7. 7BISWANATH KATAIndependent · IND2,5850.6%
  8. 8JAGADISH PRASAD JAINIndependent · IND1,7260.4%
  9. 9TANKADHAR PADHANIndependent · IND1,4250.3%
  10. 10SURESH CHANDRA NAIKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2130.3%
  11. 11SABAR SUNANIIndependent · IND1,0410.2%
  12. 12HARI SANKAR BAGIndependent · IND8130.2%
  13. 13HEMARAJ SHARMAIndependent · IND7310.2%
  14. 14HARE KRUSHNA MEHERIndependent · IND5780.1%
  15. 15KAILASH CHANDRA PANDAIndependent · IND5340.1%
  16. 16DINABANDHU AGRAWALIndependent · IND4820.1%
  17. 17NRUPARAJ NIHALIndependent · IND4760.1%
  18. 18ARJUN BARIKIndependent · IND3510.1%
  19. 19ANANDA KUMAR PATRAIndependent · IND1650.0%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
−18.7%
INC share
35.2% → 30.7%
BJP share
9.8% → 24.0%
Turnout
54.1% → 51.5%
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