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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 62 · 1974

Nayagarh

Winner — 1974

BHAGABAT BEHERA
SOP 54.4%INC 19.5%6 others 26.1%
Votes
20,059
54.4% share
Winning margin
12,862
34.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
46.0%
of 80,175

Nayagarh is a safe seat — BHAGABAT BEHERA won by 34.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHAGABAT BEHERA
20,05954.4%
2
NARASINGH BISWAL
Congress (R)
7,19719.5%
3
PURNA CHANDRA DEO
Grand Alliance
3,5199.5%
4
BISWA MOHAN PATTANAIK
IND
1,7104.6%
5
ARAKHITA SWAIN
IND
1,6324.4%
6
JAMBESWAR DAS
IND
1,3553.7%
7
PRASANNA KUMAR PANDA
IND
9032.5%
8
BIMBADHAR MISHRA
IND
5241.4%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
34.9%
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
146 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOP 54.4%INC 19.5%SWA 9.5%OTH 16.6%

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
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Terracotta

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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