Constituency
333. Dhenkanal
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-DHENKANAL
INC 47.7%won by 15.2%JD 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1KAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGH DEOIndian National Congress · INC2,69,96647.7%
- 2ADWAIT PRASAD SINGHJanata Dal · JD1,83,87232.5%
- 3RUDRANARAYAN PANYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP88,89415.7%
- 4RAJ KISHORE AGRAWALLAIndependent · IND6,1941.1%
- 5SATRUGHNA NANDAIndependent · IND4,9740.9%
- 6DILLIP KUMAR RAY CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND4,3080.8%
- 7BAIDHAR PARIDAIndependent · IND2,7520.5%
- 8PRADIP TRIPATHYIndependent · IND1,6710.3%
- 9RABINARAYAN NAYAKIndependent · IND1,5700.3%
- 10RATAN DALA BEHERAIndependent · IND8130.1%
- 11MITU MAHANANDIAIndependent · IND7590.1%
- 12BHAJAMAN BEHERAIndependent · IND4730.1%
- 13BIPINI BIHARI MISHRAIndependent · IND2740.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- +7.3%
- INC share
- 51.2% → 47.7%
- JD share
- 43.3% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- 58.0% → 53.9%