Constituency
319. Kendrapara
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KENDRAPARA
BJD 43.3%won by 1.2%INC 42.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 1.2%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 43.3% of the vote here (+43.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.3% between them, down from 94.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 59.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,99,066
Turnout
59.5%
Valid votes
6,53,420
Margin
7,825
1.20%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJD- 1PRABHAT KUMAR SAMANTARAYBiju Janata Dal · BJD2,82,73643.3%
- 2ARCHANA NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC2,74,91142.1%
- 3SRIKANTA KUMAR JENAJanata Dal · JD91,55614.0%
- 4AKSHAYA KUMAR MALLIKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,0330.5%
- 5DHIRENDRA DASShiv Sena · SHS1,1840.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +45.6%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 43.3%
- INC share
- 44.4% → 42.1%
- Turnout
- 62.1% → 59.5%