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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1977

Dhamnagar

Winner — 1977

HRUDANANDA MALLICK
JNP· Janata
JNP 54.2%INC 45.8%
Votes
24,720
54.2% share
Winning margin
3,841
8.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
50.0%
of 91,171

A clear win with a 8.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HRUDANANDA MALLICK
Janata
24,72054.2%
2
JAGANNATH ROUT
INC
20,87945.8%

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 (30th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
8.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.8% · max 41.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
30th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.5%
lowerhigher
3rd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 54.2%INC 45.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,01,733
Density
217 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,303 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population45.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 97.3%Other 2.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.1%
Electricity30.0%
Sanitation15.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated86.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)37.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.2%
Women literate64.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Clean cooking fuel27.9%
Health insurance43.3%

What's nearby?

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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