Constituency
335. Keonjhar
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-KEONJHAR
BJP 67.5%won by 36.0%INC 31.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.4% to 36.0%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.3% to 56.6%.
- Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,92,055
Turnout
56.6%
Valid votes
6,17,995
Margin
2,22,553
36.01%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BJP- 1Ananta NayakBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,16,95667.5%
- 2Yashobant Singh LaguriIndian National Congress · INC1,94,40331.5%
- 3Meghanath MajhiJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM6,6361.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +22.6%
- BJP share
- 54.1% → 67.5%
- INC share
- 40.7% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- 60.9% → 56.6%