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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1971

Jajpur West

Winner — 1971

PRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADE
INC· Congress (R)
INC 35.4%SWA 28.5%7 others 36.1%
Votes
15,016
35.4% share
Winning margin
2,910
6.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
50.0%
of 84,986

A clear win with a 6.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADE
Congress (R)
15,01635.4%
2
ASHOK KUMAR DAS
Grand Alliance
12,10628.5%
3
CHITTARANJAN NAYAK
UTC
10,55824.9%
4
KRUSHNA CHARAN KHANDAI
IND
1,8124.3%
5
ANANTA CHARAN PATNAIK
9012.1%
6
CHANDRAMONI PANDA
6641.6%
7
BIPIN BEHARI MOHANTY
IND
5541.3%
8
ATALA BEHARI MOHANTY
IND
5351.3%
9
NARAYAN SAMANTA
IND
3280.8%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (54th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 3.8% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
54th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
17th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 35.4%SWA 28.5%UTC 24.9%OTH 11.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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.

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