Constituency
332. Deogarh
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-DEOGARH
INC 38.7%won by 8.3%BJP 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 8.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.2% between them, down from 78.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 52.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,81,508
Turnout
52.7%
Valid votes
5,69,581
Margin
47,382
8.32%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1SRIBALLAV PANIGRAHIIndian National Congress · INC2,20,64838.7%
- 2DEBENDRA PRADHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,73,26630.4%
- 3RABINARAYAN PANIJanata Dal · JD1,52,64726.8%
- 4PASCAL BARLAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM5,6771.0%
- 5BIKRAM SINGH BARIHAIndependent · IND3,5280.6%
- 6NARAHARI PATELIndependent · IND2,2290.4%
- 7PRADIP DEOAIICT · AIICT2,1080.4%
- 8SUNIL KUMARIndependent · IND2,1020.4%
- 9CHAITANYA KANTAIndependent · IND1,9470.3%
- 10BHAGABAN KALKIIndependent · IND1,5270.3%
- 11RAMA CHANDRA JENAIndependent · IND1,4930.3%
- 12CHARAN TAJANIndependent · IND1,4880.3%
- 13GOURAHARI SAIndependent · IND9210.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −19.4%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 38.7%
- BJP share
- 14.2% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- 49.1% → 52.7%