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318. Jajpur

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-JAJPUR

JD 46.3%won by 0.6%INC 45.7%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.0% to 0.6%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 3,873 votes (0.61%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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

Electorate
10,76,547
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
6,34,713
Margin
3,873
0.61%

Candidates

10 contested · winner JD
  1. 1ANCHAL DASJanata Dal · JD2,94,11046.3%
  2. 2ANADI DASIndian National Congress · INC2,90,23745.7%
  3. 3BISHNU DUTTA ARYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP31,4955.0%
  4. 4BHASKAR CHANDRA JENAIndependent · IND10,6591.7%
  5. 5JANMEJAY JENAIndependent · IND2,7010.4%
  6. 6ABHIMANYU JENAIndependent · IND1,8680.3%
  7. 7RADHASYAM JENAIndependent · IND1,2860.2%
  8. 8SASHIKANTA MALLIKIndependent · IND1,1060.2%
  9. 9GOBARDHAN JENAIndependent · IND7090.1%
  10. 10SATRUGHANA MALLIKIndependent · IND5420.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JD–INC swing
−1.4%
JD share
46.1% → 46.3%
INC share
44.1% → 45.7%
Turnout
58.6% → 59.0%
317. Bhadrak319. Kendrapara
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