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State: Orissa
Constituency: Mayurbhanj (ST)
Total Votes Polled: 574112
Winner: INC Sushila Tiriya 218613
Runner Up: BJP Salkhan Murmu 107424
Margin: 111189 (19.78%)

In 1952 Ramchandra Majhi was elected MP on the Congress plank; he was re-elected in 1957, as an Independent. Likewise, B Gobardhan was elected MP on the JD ticket in 1989; he was re-elected in 1991, on the Congress ticket. The seat remained with the Congress in 1996, with Sushila Triya defeating the BJP candidate by 111,000 votes.

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