Constituency
335. Keonjhar
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KEONJHAR
BJP 54.1%won by 13.4%INC 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 13.4%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 25.2% to 54.1% of the vote here (+28.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 71.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,56,441
Turnout
60.9%
Valid votes
6,43,168
Margin
86,275
13.41%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1UPENDRANATH NAYAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,47,90654.1%
- 2MADHABA SARDARIndian National Congress · INC2,61,63140.7%
- 3SAHARAI ORAMJanata Dal · JD19,9673.1%
- 4SHIVA PRASAD SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD9,0051.4%
- 5SURENDRA MAJHIShiv Sena · SHS3,8470.6%
- 6SONARAM HAIBURUIndependent · IND8120.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +34.0%
- BJP share
- 25.2% → 54.1%
- INC share
- 45.8% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- 60.6% → 60.9%