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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.

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