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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1956 by-elections
Padampur
Winner — 1956 by-elections
B.B.B. SINGH
INC 62.6%GAN 37.4%
Votes
17,243
62.5% share
Winning margin
6,921
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Padampur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 6,921 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.B.B. SINGH | 17,243 | 0.0% | |
| 2 | B.L.M. SINGH | GAN | 10,322 | 0.0% |
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.
Average turnout (96th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 1.0% · max 34.4%
How contested is turnout?
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74%
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96th of 147How crowded is the field?
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3.66
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 147How much NOTA?
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1.1%
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53rd of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
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— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,19,738
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,418 km²
SC population7.3%
ST population58.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.9%Other 14.0%Other 2.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.3%
Electricity23.9%
Sanitation18.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.2%
Women literate58.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel16.1%
Health insurance46.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Rice
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.