Constituency
315. Mayurbhanj
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-MAYURBHANJ
BJP 42.1%won by 12.5%INC 29.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 12.5%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 19.1% to 42.1% of the vote here (+23.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.6% of the vote between them, up from 58.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.7% to 63.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,28,074
Turnout
63.8%
Valid votes
5,92,241
Margin
74,319
12.55%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1SALKHAN MURMUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,49,25542.1%
- 2SUSILA TIRIAIndian National Congress · INC1,74,93629.5%
- 3SUDAM MARNDIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,42,10624.0%
- 4SANKHA MAJHIIndependent · IND8,2791.4%
- 5CHAITANYA PRASAD MAJHIJanata Dal · JD6,7981.1%
- 6MURALIDHAR NAYAKSamajwadi Party · SP3,5020.6%
- 7MISTRI SINGHShiv Sena · SHS2,5840.4%
- 8BHAGABAN HANSDAAJBP · AJBP1,9240.3%
- 9KALI CHARAN NAIKRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,7720.3%
- 10SIDHALAL MURMUIndependent · IND1,0850.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +32.3%
- BJP share
- 19.1% → 42.1%
- INC share
- 38.9% → 29.5%
- Turnout
- 60.1% → 63.8%