Constituency
321. Jagatsinghpur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-JAGATSINGHPUR
INC 46.1%won by 6.0%JD 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.0%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 40.1% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.2% between them, down from 93.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.5% to 69.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,44,183
Turnout
69.3%
Valid votes
7,92,604
Margin
47,278
5.96%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1RANJIB BISWALIndian National Congress · INC3,65,15746.1%
- 2NITYANANDA SAMNTARAYJanata Dal · JD3,17,87940.1%
- 3PRASHANTA NANDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP56,1377.1%
- 4LOKANATH CHOUDHURYCommunist Party of India · CPI44,7355.6%
- 5ABHIRAM NAYAKJanahitha Paksha · JP4,3210.5%
- 6DHRUBA CHANRAN DASIndependent · IND1,7370.2%
- 7GIRISHA CHANDRA SENAPATIIndependent · IND1,5490.2%
- 8GIRISH CHANDRA MOHANTYIndependent · IND1,0890.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JD swing
- −39.6%
- INC share
- 45.5% → 46.1%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- 65.7% → 69.3%