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Constituency

329. Phulbani

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PHULBANI

INC 41.8%won by 5.8%JD 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.3% to 5.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.9% between them, down from 86.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.3% to 55.3%.

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

Electorate
10,48,821
Turnout
55.3%
Valid votes
5,79,857
Margin
33,658
5.80%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−5.5%
INC share
48.7% 41.8%
JD share
37.4% 36.0%
Turnout
49.9% 55.3%