Constituency
329. Phulbani
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-PHULBANI
BJD 54.9%won by 15.0%INC 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 15.0%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 54.9% of the vote here (+54.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 77.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,94,059
Turnout
55.4%
Valid votes
6,05,622
Margin
91,072
15.04%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJD- 1PADMANAVA BEHERABiju Janata Dal · BJD3,32,78654.9%
- 2MRUTYUNJAYA NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC2,41,71439.9%
- 3LECTURER BULLIONJanata Dal · JD26,7854.4%
- 4KAILASH KUMAR MUKHIShiv Sena · SHS4,3370.7%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +56.9%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 54.9%
- INC share
- 41.8% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- 55.3% → 55.4%