Indian National Congress on Kandhamal

State 21 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 6 OF 12 contested

INC runner-up 4 times

Strike rate

50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 12 published candidatures

Best vote share67.60%in 1984

Worst vote share14.50%in 2024

Average vote share40.25% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested2024

Votes polled here25.47 Lacross all 12 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1980 — the seat went to the polls in that year and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

12 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	Amir Chand Nayak	1,44,322	14.50%	3	Lost · 3rd
2019	Manoj Kumar Acharya	1,38,993	14.80%	3	Lost · 3rd
2014	Harihar Karan	2,40,441	28.60%	2	Lost · 2nd
2009	Suzit Kumar Padhi	1,64,307	23.20%	2	Lost · 2nd
2004	Chandra Sekhar Majhi	3,35,099	42.90%	2	Lost · 2nd
1999	Chandra Sekhar Majhi	3,15,712	46.60%	2	Lost · 2nd
1998	Khagapati Pradhani	2,80,444	47.80%	1	Won
1996	Khagapati Pradhani	3,20,103	55.60%	1	Won
1991	Khagapati Pradhani	1,85,085	46.40%	1	Won
1989	Khagapati Pradhani	1,81,934	47.80%	1	Won
1984	Khagapati Pradhani	1,72,305	67.60%	1	Won
1977	Khagapati Pradhani	68,196	47.20%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Bharatiya Janta Party Biju Janata Dal Indian National Congress (I)Janata Dal Janta Party Bharatiya Lok Dal Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Janta Party (SECULAR)Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star Indian National Congress (U)Jharkhand Party Manas Lokshakti Dal Rashtriya Janata Dal Samajwadi Party Doordarshi Party Aam Aadmi Party Aama Odisha Party National Jan Dal Kalinga Sena