Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Sambalpur

Prasanna Acharya (BJD) won by 24,768 votes (3.6%).

Electors
11,56,375
Votes polled
6,91,446
Valid votes
Turnout
59.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 3.6% (median 7.6%). Back to Orissa · 1998 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
10.1%(+9.3%)
Turnout
79.8%(-0.5%)
NOTA
1.0%
Top-2 squeeze
89.9%

Winning margin over time · Sambalpur

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202434%

Candidates

Candidates · Sambalpur 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prasanna AcharyaWinnerBJD3,10,87045.8%
2Dr. Krupasindhu BhoiINC2,86,10242.1%
3Bijaya Singh BarihaJD44,5166.6%
4Rabindra MeghaBSP14,8642.2%
5Bhabani Sankar HotaSAP9,3641.4%
6Rabinarayan PadhiAJBP5,0160.7%
7Kuberjal YadavSP4,0880.6%
8Surya Prakash MohapatraIND2,2370.3%
9Radhakanta BohidarSJP(R)2,1390.3%

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