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320. Cuttack

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-CUTTACK

JD 26.3%won by 4.4%INC 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.6% to 4.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.1% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.7% to 62.1%.

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

Electorate
11,27,256
Turnout
62.1%
Valid votes
13,10,508
Margin
57,807
4.41%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
JD
Winner now
JD
JDINC swing
−3.2%
JD share
49.9% 26.3%
INC share
42.3% 21.8%
Turnout
58.4% 62.1%