Constituency
320. Cuttack
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-CUTTACK
BJD 52.9%won by 17.0%INC 35.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 17.0%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 52.9% of the vote here (+52.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.8% of the vote between them, up from 48.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 56.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,73,209
Turnout
56.5%
Valid votes
6,62,370
Margin
1,12,694
17.01%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJD- 1BHARTRUHARI MAHATABBiju Janata Dal · BJD3,50,31452.9%
- 2SYED MUSTAFIZ AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC2,37,62035.9%
- 3RANENDRA PRATAP SWAINJanata Dal · JD68,77510.4%
- 4GOLAKA BIHARI NAYAKSamajwadi Party · SP2,5610.4%
- 5HARISH CHANDRA MOHAPATRARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,9140.3%
- 6DR. RABINDRANATH MISHRAShiv Sena · SHS1,1860.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +38.9%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 52.9%
- INC share
- 21.8% → 35.9%
- Turnout
- 62.1% → 56.5%