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Jajpur

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Winner — 1951

SANTANU KUMAR DAS
INC
Also elected — same seat
GADAHAR DUTTA
INC· 17,010 votes
INC 28.5%INC 28.1%8 others 43.5%
Votes
17,229
28.5% share
Winning margin
10,883
18.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
28.6%
of 1,05,984

Jajpur is a safe seat — SANTANU KUMAR DAS won by 18.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SANTANU KUMAR DAS
INC
17,22928.5%
2
GADAHAR DUTTA
INC
17,01028.1%
3
BIPINBEHARI MOHANTY
IND
6,34610.5%
4
GIRIDHARI DHAL
IND
6,08910.1%
5
MANGULI JENA
SP
3,6866.1%
6
RUDRA CHARAN MOHANTY
IND
3,4915.8%
7
RAMA CHARAN SAHU
SP
2,2703.8%
8
NITYANANDA BEHARA
IND
1,9113.2%
9
KALANDI BEHERA
IND
1,5512.6%
10
BENUDHAR BEHERA
IND
9651.6%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (7th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 2.4% · max 49.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
7th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
141st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
80th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 28.5%INC 28.1%IND 10.5%IND 10.1%SP 6.1%IND 5.8%OTH 11.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,73,821
Density
200 / km²
Sex ratio
943 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,375 km²
SC population18.8%
ST population14.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.8%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water14.0%
Electricity44.6%
Sanitation24.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Children underweight (under 5)30.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.8%
Women literate72.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.8%
Health insurance63.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
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Sankarjang

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Black Diamond Museum, Angul

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