Constituency
325. Berhampur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BERHAMPUR
INC 49.1%won by 6.4%BJP 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.0% to 6.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 42.7% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.2% to 49.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,11,443
Turnout
49.7%
Valid votes
5,52,554
Margin
35,240
6.38%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SMT. JAYANTI PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC2,71,04449.1%
- 2GOPINATH GAJAPATI NARAYANDEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,35,80442.7%
- 3ALI KISHORE PATTANAIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,6066.6%
- 4ALIYA BEGUMRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD5,0730.9%
- 5K.SHYAMBABU SUBUDHIAJBP · AJBP2,5940.5%
- 6DHANU SAHOOIndependent · IND1,4330.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −56.2%
- INC share
- 62.6% → 49.1%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- 51.9% → 49.7%