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Seat record · Lok Sabha

Sundargarh

Parliamentary constituency 2 (ST) · Odisha · 13 contests, 1977–2024

State boardOdisha 2024
Held by
BJP
Jual Oram · 2024
Contests
13
1977–2024
Parties that won
4
Across all 13 contests
Median margin
17.0pp
Over all 13 contests
Margin 2024
1,38,808votes
12.0 pp of votes polled
Turnout 2024
73.3%
Seat median 67.2% over 13 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Newest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 35.1 pp
  1. 2024
    12.0 pp
    Jual OramBharatiya Janata Partyby 1,38,808 votes
  2. 2019
    20.3 pp
    Jual OramBharatiya Janata Partyby 2,23,065 votes
  3. 2014
    1.9 pp
    Jual @ Juel OramBharatiya Janata Partyby 18,829 votes
  4. 2009
    1.5 pp
    Hemanand BiswalIndian National Congressby 11,624 votes
  5. 2004
    25.0 pp
    Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela SwainBharatiya Janata Partyby 2,36,955 votes
  6. 1999
    17.6 pp
    Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela SwainBharatiya Janata Partyby 1,36,372 votes
  7. 1998
    10.5 pp
    Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela SwainBharatiya Janata Partyby 84,002 votes
  8. 1996
    24.3 pp
    Kartik MohapatraIndian National Congressby 1,90,681 votes
  9. 1991
    2.2 pp
    Kartikeswar PatraIndian National Congressby 13,218 votes
  10. 1989
    17.9 pp
    Samarendra KunduJanata Dalby 1,17,804 votes
  11. 1984
    16.0 pp
    Chintamani JenaIndian National Congressby 79,185 votes
  12. 1980
    35.1 pp
    Chintamani JenaIndian National Congressby 1,39,889 votes
  13. 1977
    17.0 pp
    Samarendra KunduBharatiya Lok Dalby 59,461 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 35 parties and independents
BJP 6 of 966.7% won · 1 secondINC 4 of 1233.3% won · 5 secondIndian National CongressJD 1 of 333.3% won · 1 secondBLD 1 of 1100% wonINC 1 of 1100% wonIndian National Congress (I)IND 0 of 280% won · 1 secondBSP 0 of 60% wonJP 0 of 50% won

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJP won 6 of 13 contests on record (46.2%).

    wins by party: BJP 6 · INC 5 · BLD 1 · JD 1 · 6 ÷ 13 = 46.2%

  2. The seat changed party 6 times in 12 successive pairs of contests.

    1977 BLD → 1980 INC → 1984 INC → 1989 JD → 1991 INC → 1996 INC → 1998 BJP → 1999 BJP → 2004 BJP → 2009 INC → 2014 BJP → 2019 BJP → 2024 BJP

  3. The closest contest was 2009 at 1.5 pp; the widest 1980 at 35.1 pp.

    min / max of margin % over 13 contests

  4. The 2024 margin of 12.0 pp was 5.0 pp below the seat's median of 17.0 pp.

    12.0 − 17.0 = −5.0

  5. Turnout moved from 57.0% in 1977 to 73.3% in 2024, +16.3 pp.

    73.3 − 57.0 = +16.3

  6. The name Jual Oram appears as winner in 2 contests: 2019 and 2024.

    winner names matched across years, ignoring spacing and punctuation

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 67.2%
2024 73.3%
2019 71.8%
2014 71.7%
2009 61.5%
2004 71.3%
1999 62.4%
1998 66.6%
1996 69.0%
1991 61.5%
1989 68.0%
1984 67.2%
1980 59.2%
1977 57.0%

[05]Every contest

13 rows · most recent first
Every Lok Sabha contest on record for Sundargarh, Odisha
Year Winner Party Margin Margin % Turnout %
2024 Jual Oram Bharatiya Janata Party 1,38,808 12.0 73.3
2019 Jual Oram Bharatiya Janata Party 2,23,065 20.3 71.8
2014 Jual @ Juel Oram Bharatiya Janata Party 18,829 1.9 71.7
2009 Hemanand Biswal Indian National Congress 11,624 1.5 61.5
2004 Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 2,36,955 25.0 71.3
1999 Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 1,36,372 17.6 62.4
1998 Mahameghabhan Aira Kharabela Swain Bharatiya Janata Party 84,002 10.5 66.6
1996 Kartik Mohapatra Indian National Congress 1,90,681 24.3 69.0
1991 Kartikeswar Patra Indian National Congress 13,218 2.2 61.5
1989 Samarendra Kundu Janata Dal 1,17,804 17.9 68.0
1984 Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress 79,185 16.0 67.2
1980 Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress 1,39,889 35.1 59.2
1977 Samarendra Kundu Bharatiya Lok Dal 59,461 17.0 57.0
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,36,955 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha · Sundargarh, Odisha · 13 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built

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