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328. Kalahandi

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-KALAHANDI

SAP 35.2%won by 9.3%INC 25.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Samajwadi Andolan Party (SAP), which now leads by 9.3%.

  • SAP vote shareSAP went from 0.0% to 35.2% of the vote here (+35.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.0% of the vote between them, up from 54.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 59.0%.

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

Electorate
9,65,322
Turnout
59.0%
Valid votes
5,69,149
Margin
53,033
9.32%

Candidates

16 contested · winner SAP
  1. 1BHAKTA CHARAN DASSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2,00,08035.2%
  2. 2SUBASH CHANDRA NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC1,47,04725.8%
  3. 3UDIT PRATAP DEOJanata Dal · JD87,25915.3%
  4. 4BHAWANI SANKAR BABUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP62,95611.1%
  5. 5PRAHALAD AGRAWALIndependent · IND16,0032.8%
  6. 6BHAIRAB NAYAKIndependent · IND13,6392.4%
  7. 7GOBINDA CHANDRA SAHUJanahitha Paksha · JP10,3021.8%
  8. 8JALANDHAR BHOIIndependent · IND7,0251.2%
  9. 9DHANSINGH CHHATRIAIndependent · IND6,5221.1%
  10. 10BIDESHI KARIndependent · IND3,9400.7%
  11. 11SANTOSH KUMAR ACHARYAAIICT · AIICT3,0400.5%
  12. 12BHAGABAN BARIKIndependent · IND2,7920.5%
  13. 13SWAYAMBARA MAJHIIndependent · IND2,7200.5%
  14. 14RANJIT KUMAR DASHShiv Sena · SHS2,0340.4%
  15. 15ANANDA KUMAR PATRAIndependent · IND1,8990.3%
  16. 16HARIHARA MAJHIIndependent · IND1,8910.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
SAPflipped
SAP–INC swing
+40.0%
SAP share
0.0% → 35.2%
INC share
30.7% → 25.8%
Turnout
51.5% → 59.0%
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