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Aska #10GEN
Won
Biju Patnaik
JD Janata DalMargin
81,094 14.5 pp
votes
over Ramachandra Rath (INC)
The contest
Electors11,20,144
Votes polled5,59,142
Turnout49.9%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.95 L53.1% of electorate
Female electors5.26 L46.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
884females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biju Patnaik | JD | 2,97,560 | 53.20% | |
| 2 | Ramachandra Rath | INC | 2,16,466 | 38.70% | |
| 3 | Gopal Chandra Satapathy | BJP | 27,434 | 4.90% | |
| 4 | Banamali Panda | IND | 4,153 | 0.70% | |
| 5 | Katakota Shyambabu Subudhi | IND | 3,188 | 0.60% | |
| 6 | Sriramachdra Sahu Ratna Behera | IND | 455 | 0.10% | |
| 7 | Atul Krushna Misra | IND | 372 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 9,514, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 549,628 · NOTA n/a · published 559,142 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12