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Constituency

332. Deogarh

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DEOGARH

INC 38.7%won by 8.3%BJP 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−19.4%
INC share
41.9% 38.7%
BJP share
14.2% 30.4%
Turnout
49.1% 52.7%