Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Kalahandi

Bhakta Charan Das (SAP) won by 53,033 votes (9.3%).

Electors
9,65,322
Votes polled
5,84,472
Valid votes
Turnout
60.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 9.3% (median 9.4%). Back to Orissa · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.2%(+8.0%)
Turnout
78.4%(-0.1%)
NOTA
1.5%
Top-2 squeeze
72.6%

Winning margin over time · Kalahandi

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202445%

Candidates

Candidates · Kalahandi 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bhakta Charan DasWinnerSAP2,00,08035.2%
2Subash Chandra NayakINC1,47,04725.8%
3Udit Pratap DeoJD87,25915.3%
4Bhawani Sankar BabuBJP62,95611.1%
5Prahalad AgrawalIND16,0032.8%
6Bhairab NayakIND13,6392.4%
7Gobinda Chandra SahuJP10,3021.8%
8Jalandhar BhoiIND7,0251.2%
9Dhansingh ChhatriaIND6,5221.1%
10Bideshi KarIND3,9400.7%
11Santosh Kumar AcharyaAIIC(T)3,0400.5%
12Bhagaban BarikIND2,7920.5%
13Swayambara MajhiIND2,7200.5%
14Ranjit Kumar DashSHS2,0340.4%
15Ananda Kumar PatraIND1,8990.3%
16Harihara MajhiIND1,8910.3%

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