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Constituency

326. Koraput

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-KORAPUT

INC 50.3%won by 2.2%BJD 48.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 2.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 91.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.5% to 49.2%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
11,20,784
Turnout
49.2%
Valid votes
5,51,432
Margin
12,154
2.20%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJD swing
−14.2%
INC share
53.9% 50.3%
BJD share
37.5% 48.1%
Turnout
45.7% 49.2%