Constituency
316. Balasore
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BALASORE
BJP 53.2%won by 10.6%INC 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 10.6%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 12.8% to 53.2% of the vote here (+40.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 66.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,99,981
Turnout
66.0%
Valid votes
7,91,921
Margin
84,002
10.61%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1MAHAMEGHABHAN AIRA KHARABELA SWAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,21,06853.2%
- 2KARTIK MOHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC3,37,06642.6%
- 3DR. ANANTA MAJHIJanata Dal · JD14,4241.8%
- 4TAPAS RATHIndependent · IND11,0721.4%
- 5JAGANNATH LENKAPSSS · PSSS2,8090.4%
- 6PANCHANAN PARIDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,4590.3%
- 7UPENDRANATH MAHANTARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,2720.2%
- 8JAGANNATH PATRAIndependent · IND8990.1%
- 9DR. KUNJA BIHARI DHALAJBP · AJBP8520.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +50.7%
- BJP share
- 12.8% → 53.2%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- 68.4% → 66.0%