Elections 98

State:	Orissa
Constituency:	Sundargarh (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	680038
Winner: BJP	Jual Oram	316069
Runner Up: INC	Sunil Kumar Singhdeo	190041
Margin: 126028 (40%)

Elections 96

State:	Orissa
Constituency:	Sundargarh (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	619621
Winner: INC	Frida Topno	171937
Runner Up: JMM	George Tirkey	158864
Margin: 13073 (2.16%)

Congresswoman Frida Topno has won this seat twice in succession, the first MP to do so from here. And considering that the Congress has lost more elections from here than won, her feat is all the more creditable.