Constituency
332. Deogarh
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DEOGARH
BJP 52.3%won by 15.9%INC 36.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 15.9%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 30.4% to 52.3% of the vote here (+21.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.8% of the vote between them, up from 69.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.8% to 58.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,32,836
Turnout
58.5%
Valid votes
6,62,678
Margin
1,05,427
15.91%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1DEBENDRA PRADHANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,46,82052.3%
- 2SHRIBALLAV PANIGRAHIIndian National Congress · INC2,41,39336.4%
- 3RABI NARAYAN PANIJanata Dal · JD55,2088.3%
- 4PANCHU SENAPATISJPR · SJPR6,0260.9%
- 5TEVA CHARAN BUDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,6120.8%
- 6NARENDRA KUMAR PRADHANAJBP · AJBP3,2810.5%
- 7RAMAKRUSHNA NANDAShiv Sena · SHS1,6440.2%
- 8SHESADEB PANDAIndependent · IND1,5530.2%
- 9CHANDRA SHEKHAR PATELSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1,1410.2%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +24.2%
- BJP share
- 30.4% → 52.3%
- INC share
- 38.7% → 36.4%
- Turnout
- 52.7% → 58.5%