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321. Jagatsinghpur

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-JAGATSINGHPUR

INC 44.8%won by 2.6%BJD 42.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.0% to 2.6%.

  • New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1996.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 63.6%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
11,83,473
Turnout
63.6%
Valid votes
7,52,670
Margin
19,929
2.65%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RANJIB BISWALIndian National Congress · INC3,37,49244.8%
  2. 2TRILOCHAN KANUNGOBiju Janata Dal · BJD3,17,56342.2%
  3. 3ABANI BORALCommunist Party of India · CPI90,68912.0%
  4. 4MIRA DASSamajwadi Party · SP2,6990.4%
  5. 5PRABHAT KUMAR BEHERARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,0010.3%
  6. 6NIMAIN JENAShiv Sena · SHS1,3310.2%
  7. 7SANJIB SWAINAJBP · AJBP8950.1%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJD swing
−43.4%
INC share
46.1% → 44.8%
BJD share
0.0% → 42.2%
Turnout
69.3% → 63.6%
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