Constituency
334. Sundargarh
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SUNDARGARH
BJP 47.7%won by 19.0%INC 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 19.0%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 24.1% to 47.7% of the vote here (+23.6%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.4% of the vote between them, up from 54.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 57.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,58,871
Turnout
57.2%
Valid votes
6,62,441
Margin
1,26,028
19.02%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1JUAL ORAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,16,06947.7%
- 2SUNIL KUMAR SINGHDEOIndian National Congress · INC1,90,04128.7%
- 3GEORJE TIRKEYJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,41,83721.4%
- 4BIJOY ORAMJan Kalyan Party · JKP6,9241.0%
- 5DHANESWAR ORAMIndependent · IND2,5420.4%
- 6PREM SAGAR SUNDIIndependent · IND2,1720.3%
- 7SADHU CHARAN KISANIndependent · IND1,2960.2%
- 8BIDHU BHUSAN KISANIndependent · IND8760.1%
- 9MANSA SINGH AINDIndependent · IND6840.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +23.4%
- BJP share
- 24.1% → 47.7%
- INC share
- 28.4% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- 55.0% → 57.2%