BrajarajnagarAssembly by-election result, 1998
Keshab Sahoo (INC) won Brajarajnagar in the 1998 assembly by-election with 31.2% of the vote, beating Radharani Panda (BJD) by 522 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1971, seat no. 129 was Keonjhar. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2009, seat no. 129 is Surada. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
Brajarajnagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 522 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keshab Sahoo | 28,47631.2% | |
| 2 | Radharani Panda | 27,95430.6% | |
| 3 | Mohammed Zakirullah | 25,80628.3% | |
| 4 | Gyana Patnaik | 4,4474.9% | |
| 5 | Biranchi Majhi | 3,8254.2% | |
| 6 | Bhagabata Sa IND | IND | 3980.4% |
| 7 | Sanjib Kumar Panda IND | IND | 2940.3% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A close contest, a fragmented field.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
The top three took 90% of the votes.
Parties in the race 3.63 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Brajarajnagar, 1974–2004
- 1974PRASANNA KUMAR PANDA (CPI), margin 49.1%
- 1977UPENDRA DIKSHIT (INC), margin 9.0%
- 1980UPENDRA DIXIT (INC(I)), margin 18.8%
- 1985PRASANNAKUMAR PANDA (CPI), margin 4.4%
- 1990PRASANNA KUMAR PANDA (CPI), margin 34.6%
- 1995PRASANNA KUMAR PANDA (CPI), margin 3.0%
- 2000ANUP KUMAR SAI (INC), margin 11.4%
- 2004ANUP KUMAR SAI (INC), margin 1.1%