Constituency
334. Sundargarh
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-SUNDARGARH
INC 28.4%won by 2.2%JMM 26.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1FRIDA TOPNOIndian National Congress · INC1,71,93728.4%
- 2GEORGE TIRKEYJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,58,86426.3%
- 3MAHENDRA MAJHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,45,53924.1%
- 4MANGALA KISANJanata Dal · JD1,17,29119.4%
- 5GREGORY EKKAJKPN · JKPN4,4490.7%
- 6DUTIYA HOROJanahitha Paksha · JP2,4790.4%
- 7CHRISTOPHER KERKETTAIndependent · IND1,9990.3%
- 8MOHAN SAMANTAIndependent · IND1,5520.3%
- 9IGNACE TIRKEYJan Kalyan Party · JKP3950.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JMM swing
- −28.8%
- INC share
- 37.2% → 28.4%
- JMM share
- 6.2% → 26.3%
- Turnout
- 44.2% → 55.0%