Elections 98

State:	Orissa
Constituency:	Deogarh
Total Votes Polled:	677421
Winner: BJP	Debendra Pradhan	346820
Runner Up: INC	Shriballav Panigrahi	241393
Margin: 105427 (30%)

Elections 96

State:	Orissa
Constituency:	Deogarh
Total Votes Polled:	580176
Winner: INC	Sriballav Panigrahi	220648
Runner Up: BJP	Debendra Pradhan	173266
Margin: 47382(8.32%)

It has been a fair share between the Congress and others in this constituency, the latter winning the first two elections from here. In 1984 Sriballav Panigrahi won the seat for the Congress and lost the next round to Rabinarayan Pani of the JD. Panigrahi won back the seat in 1991 and held on to it in 1996, when for the first time it was the BJP and not the JD that came in second.