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Constituency

333. Dhenkanal

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-DHENKANAL

INC 47.7%won by 15.2%JD 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.9% to 15.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.0% to 53.9%.

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

Electorate
10,50,237
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
5,66,520
Margin
86,094
15.20%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
+7.3%
INC share
51.2% 47.7%
JD share
43.3% 32.5%
Turnout
58.0% 53.9%