Indian National Congress (I) on Kandhamal

State 21 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 1 contested

INCI never finished second here

Strike rate

100%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 1 published candidature

Best vote share55.30%in 1980

Worst vote share55.30%in 1980

Average vote share55.30% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1980

Last contested1980

Votes polled here93,267across all 1 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress (I) 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: 1977, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

1 candidature · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1980	Khagapati Pradhani	93,267	55.30%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Biju Janata Dal 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