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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1957
Dhamanagar
Winner — 1957
MURALIDHAR JENA
INC· INC
INC 58.2%PSP 41.8%
Votes
19,178
58.2% share
Winning margin
5,412
16.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
45.5%
of 72,390
Dhamanagar is a safe seat — MURALIDHAR JENA won by 16.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (5th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 0.0% · max 45.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
5th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
61st of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 58.2%PSP 41.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
4,41,162
Density
142 / km²
Sex ratio
991 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,098 km²
SC population23.8%
ST population12.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 99.3%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation10.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.4%
Children fully vaccinated91.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)38.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.1%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.3%
Clean cooking fuel30.9%
Health insurance44.7%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Berhampur Patta (Phoda Kumbha) SareeGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.