Constituency
317. Bhadrak
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BHADRAK
BJD 50.0%won by 4.8%INC 45.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 4.8%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 50.0% of the vote here (+50.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.2% of the vote between them, up from 85.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.0% to 60.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,63,610
Turnout
60.2%
Valid votes
7,00,747
Margin
33,578
4.79%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJD- 1ARJUN CHARAN SETHIBiju Janata Dal · BJD3,50,32250.0%
- 2MURALIDHAR JENAIndian National Congress · INC3,16,74445.2%
- 3BAIRAGI JENAJanata Dal · JD27,8634.0%
- 4AKSHAYA KUMAR MALLICKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,2160.6%
- 5BICHITRANANDA DASShiv Sena · SHS1,2320.2%
- 6SURATHA BEHERAIndependent · IND3700.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +51.8%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 50.0%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 45.2%
- Turnout
- 63.3% → 60.2%