Constituency
331. Sambalpur
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SAMBALPUR
BJD 45.8%won by 3.6%INC 42.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 3.6%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 45.8% of the vote here (+45.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 77.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,56,375
Turnout
58.7%
Valid votes
6,79,196
Margin
24,768
3.65%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJD- 1PRASANNA ACHARYABiju Janata Dal · BJD3,10,87045.8%
- 2DR. KRUPASINDHU BHOIIndian National Congress · INC2,86,10242.1%
- 3BIJAYA SINGH BARIHAJanata Dal · JD44,5166.6%
- 4RABINDRA MEGHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,8642.2%
- 5BHABANI SANKAR HOTASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP9,3641.4%
- 6RABINARAYAN PADHIAJBP · AJBP5,0160.7%
- 7KUBERJAL YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP4,0880.6%
- 8SURYA PRAKASH MOHAPATRAIndependent · IND2,2370.3%
- 9RADHAKANTA BOHIDARSJPR · SJPR2,1390.3%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +48.9%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 45.8%
- INC share
- 45.2% → 42.1%
- Turnout
- 58.4% → 58.7%