Constituency
318. Jajpur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-JAJPUR
INC 45.7%won by 14.8%BJD 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.8%.
- New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 54.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,38,819
Turnout
54.4%
Valid votes
6,20,009
Margin
91,864
14.82%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1RAMA CHANDRA MALLICKIndian National Congress · INC2,83,45545.7%
- 2JAGANNATH MALLIKBiju Janata Dal · BJD1,91,59130.9%
- 3MOHAN JENAJanata Dal · JD1,37,67822.2%
- 4RABINDRA MALLIKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,2711.0%
- 5RUBIRANI DALAIIndependent · IND1,0140.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJD swing
- −30.9%
- INC share
- 45.7% → 45.7%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- 59.0% → 54.4%