Constituency
330. Bolangir
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-BOLANGIR
BJP 61.8%won by 27.2%INC 34.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 27.2%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 27.2% to 61.8% of the vote here (+34.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 67.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,21,226
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
5,83,904
Margin
1,58,531
27.15%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1SANGEETA KUMARI SINGHDEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,60,57561.8%
- 2SARAT PATTANAYAKIndian National Congress · INC2,02,04434.6%
- 3PRADEEP KUMAR MAHARANAJanata Dal · JD14,8142.5%
- 4LALIT MOHAN GANDHIOCG · OCG4,0480.7%
- 5ABDUL JAMALKHANRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,4230.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +34.8%
- BJP share
- 27.2% → 61.8%
- INC share
- 34.8% → 34.6%
- Turnout
- 58.9% → 57.2%