Elections 98

State:	Orissa
Constituency:	Mayurbhanj (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	605559
Winner: BJP	Salkhan Murmu	249255
Runner Up: INC	Susila Tiria	174936
Margin: 74319 (30%)

Elections 96

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.