BhandaripokhariAssembly by-election result, 1998
Kumar Sreechiranjibi (INC) won Bhandaripokhari in the 1998 assembly by-election with 53.5% of the vote, beating Ratha Das (BJD) by 8,297 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1971, seat no. 18 was Bhadrak. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2009, seat no. 18 is Rairakhol. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 8.8% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kumar Sreechiranjibi | 50,51053.5% | |
| 2 | Ratha Das | 42,21344.7% | |
| 3 | Binayak Malik | 1,5931.7% | |
| 4 | Rajendra Gochhyat IND | IND | 800.1% |
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A clear win, an essentially two-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
INC and BJD took 98% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.06 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 Bhandaripokhari, 1974–2004
- 1974BAIRAGI JENA (UTC), margin 6.7%
- 1977KAPILA CHARAN SETHI (JNP), margin 30.8%
- 1980PURUSOTTAM SETHI (INC(I)), margin 19.1%
- 1985PANCHANAN MANDAL (INC), margin 1.6%
- 1990ARJUN CHARAN SETHI (JD), margin 46.6%
- 1995ARJUNA CHARAN SETHI (JD), margin 3.2%
- 2000RATHA DAS (BJD), margin 19.2%
- 2004ANANTA SETHI (INC), margin 1.3%