Constituency
335. Keonjhar
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-KEONJHAR
INC 45.8%won by 20.6%BJP 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.6%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.3% to 45.8% of the vote here (+3.5%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 86.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 14.2% to 60.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,08,499
Turnout
60.6%
Valid votes
6,11,062
Margin
1,25,910
20.61%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1MADHABA SARDARIndian National Congress · INC2,79,97145.8%
- 2HARIHAR SORENBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,54,06125.2%
- 3PRANA BALLAV NAYAKJanata Dal · JD1,53,19625.1%
- 4MOHAN TUDUIndependent · IND9,5961.6%
- 5JAYARAM MURMUHJKP · HJKP6,2091.0%
- 6PRAHLAD NAIKIndependent · IND4,1920.7%
- 7LAXMI DEVI MUNDAIndependent · IND3,1850.5%
- 8GURU CHARAN HAIBURUIndependent · IND6520.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −12.6%
- INC share
- 42.3% → 45.8%
- BJP share
- 9.2% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- 46.3% → 60.6%