KhurdaAssembly by-election result, 1998
Dillip Srichandan (INC) won Khurda in the 1998 assembly by-election with 52.4% of the vote, beating Ranarnanb Deb (BJD) by 10,050 votes.
Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1974 election. In 1971, seat no. 59 was Nayagarh. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2009, seat no. 59 is Pallahara. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 13.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dillip Srichandan | 39,92152.4% | |
| 2 | Ranarnanb Deb | 29,87139.2% | |
| 3 | Jyotindra Chhotaray IND | IND | 4,3295.7% |
| 4 | Gourisankar Routaray | 1,7942.4% | |
| 5 | Aditya Kumar Baliyarsingh IND | IND | 2430.3% |
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 an independent took 97% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.31 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.
Ask the state
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Who has won Khurda, 1974–2004
- 1974BENUDHAR BALIARSINGH (INC), margin 1.6%
- 1977SUDARSAN MOHANTY (JNP), margin 4.5%
- 1980PRASANNA KUMAR PATSANI (INC(I)), margin 17.9%
- 1985JANAKI BALLAV PATTNAIK (INC), margin 42.1%
- 1990PRASAN KUMAR PATSANI (JD), margin 44.5%
- 1995PRASANNA KUMAR PATASANI (JD), margin 4.9%
- 2000JYOTIRINDRA NATH MITRA (IND), margin 5.3%
- 2004JYOTIRINDRA NATH MITRA (BJD), margin 5.2%