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Constituency

334. Sundargarh

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SUNDARGARH

INC 28.4%won by 2.2%JMM 26.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 2.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.7% between them, down from 65.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 10.8% to 55.0%.

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

Electorate
10,99,071
Turnout
55.0%
Valid votes
6,04,505
Margin
13,073
2.16%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJMM swing
−28.8%
INC share
37.2% 28.4%
JMM share
6.2% 26.3%
Turnout
44.2% 55.0%