Constituency
333. Dhenkanal
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-DHENKANAL
BJD 51.0%won by 5.5%INC 45.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 5.5%.
- BJD vote shareBJD went from 0.0% to 51.0% of the vote here (+51.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,90,641
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
5,86,345
Margin
32,511
5.54%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJD- 1TATHAGATA SATAPATHYBiju Janata Dal · BJD2,99,15651.0%
- 2KAMAKSHYA PRASAD SINGHDEOIndian National Congress · INC2,66,64545.5%
- 3SARAT KUMAR MISHRAJanata Dal · JD12,8092.2%
- 4UTKALMANI SATAPATHYLok Shakti · LS4,6650.8%
- 5DEBENDRA PRASAD DASShiv Sena · SHS2,2580.4%
- 6RAJ KISHORE AGRAWALLAIndependent · IND8120.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–INC swing
- +53.2%
- BJD share
- 0.0% → 51.0%
- INC share
- 47.7% → 45.5%
- Turnout
- 53.9% → 53.8%