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Sundargarh #20GEN
Won
Frida Topno
INC Indian National CongressMargin
13,073 2.1 pp
votes
over George Tirkey (JMM)
The contest
Electors10,99,071
Votes polled6,19,621
Turnout56.4%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.99 L54.5% of electorate
Female electors5 L45.5% of electorate
Sex ratio
836females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frida Topno | INC | 1,71,937 | 27.70% | |
| 2 | George Tirkey | JMM | 1,58,864 | 25.60% | |
| 3 | Mahendra Majhi | BJP | 1,45,539 | 23.50% | |
| 4 | Mangala Kisan | JD | 1,17,291 | 18.90% | |
| 5 | Gregory Ekka | JPN | 4,449 | 0.70% | |
| 6 | Dutiya Horo | JP | 2,479 | 0.40% | |
| 7 | Christopher Kerketta | IND | 1,999 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | Mohan Samanta | IND | 1,552 | 0.30% | |
| 9 | Ignace Tirkey | JP | 395 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 15,116, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 604,505 · NOTA n/a · published 619,621 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12