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Constituency

327. Nowrangpur

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-NOWRANGPUR

INC 50.1%won by 13.2%BJP 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.0% to 13.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.9% of the vote between them, up from 79.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 53.4%.

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

Electorate
10,49,764
Turnout
53.4%
Valid votes
5,60,205
Margin
73,935
13.20%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−24.0%
INC share
58.0% 50.1%
BJP share
20.9% 36.9%
Turnout
55.6% 53.4%