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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1957

Padwa

Winner — 1957

LAXMANA GOUDO
GP 46.9%INC 30.8%3 others 22.3%
Votes
4,486
46.9% share
Winning margin
1,533
16.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
16.2%
of 59,088

Padwa is a safe seat — LAXMANA GOUDO won by 16.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAXMANA GOUDO
4,48646.9%
2
MOHAMMAD KANNA SAHEB
2,95330.8%
3
BHAGWAN KHEMUNDU NAIKO
1,37914.4%
4
MUDDI NAIK
IND
4124.3%
5
RAJENDRA DONDASENA
3443.6%

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.

High turnout (6th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 1.5% · max 52.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
6th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
131st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
95th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 46.9%INC 30.8%CPI 14.4%OTH 7.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,81,255
Density
254 / km²
Sex ratio
977 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,837 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population19.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.8%
Electricity44.7%
Sanitation16.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.6%
Children fully vaccinated95.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)30.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.6%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel31.9%
Health insurance45.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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