Indian National Congress (I) on Dhenkanal

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 share60.60%in 1980

Worst vote share60.60%in 1980

Average vote share60.60% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1980

Last contested1980

Votes polled here1.87 Lacross 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	Chintamani Panigrahi	1,87,144	60.60%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Biju Janata Dal Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Communist Party Of India Janta Party Ambedkarite Party Of India Jharkhand Party All India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Janata Pary (JP)Rashtriya Janata Dal Shiv Sena Hindusthan Nirman Dal Kalinga Sena Karnataka Gana Parishad Republican Party Of India Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Bharatiya Republican Paksha Orissa Vikas Parishad Samata Kranti Dal Aama Odisha Party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Samajwadi Party Aam Aadmi Party Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Doordarshi Party Lok Dal Bhartiya Manavadhikaar Federal Party Janata Dal (United)Utkal Samaj Bahujan Mukti Party