BonaiAssembly by-election result, 1998
Janardan Dehury (INC) won Bonai in the 1998 assembly by-election with 50.2% of the vote, beating Dayanidhi Kisan (BJD) by 7,938 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1971, there was no seat no. 141. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2009, seat no. 141 is Laxmipur. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 11.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janardan Dehury | 35,53050.2% | |
| 2 | Dayanidhi Kisan | 27,59239.0% | |
| 3 | Laxman Munda | 7,33910.4% | |
| 4 | Himadri Kisan | 2900.4% |
Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
INC, BJD and CPM took 100% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.41 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 Bonai, 1974–2004
- 1974BENUDHAR NAIK (INC), margin 2.0%
- 1977HEMANTA KUMAR SINGH DANDPAT (JNP), margin 25.3%
- 1980BASANTA KUMAR DANDAPAT (INC(I)), margin 16.9%
- 1985BASANTA KUMAR SINGH DANDPAT (INC), margin 1.5%
- 1990JUAL ORAM (BJP), margin 3.4%
- 1995JUAL ORAM (BJP), margin 1.7%
- 2000DAYANIDHI KISAN (BJP), margin 17.3%
- 2004LAXMAN MUNDA (CPM), margin 6.1%