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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 139 · 1980
Rourkela
Winner — 1980
GURUPADA NANDA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 34.1%JNP(SC) 14.7%8 others 51.1%
Votes
16,396
34.1% share
Winning margin
9,316
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
36.7%
of 1,30,887
Rourkela is a safe seat — GURUPADA NANDA won by 19.4%.
Seat history
All Candidates
10 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GURUPADA NANDA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 16,396 | 34.1% |
| 2 | BRAJA KISHORE MOHANTY | JNP(SC) | 7,080 | 14.7% |
| 3 | ANWAR AHMED | BJP | 6,097 | 12.7% |
| 4 | BATAKRUSHNA PANDA | IND | 5,901 | 12.3% |
| 5 | SK. QUASIM | SUC | 4,454 | 9.3% |
| 6 | ARUN KUMAR PANDA | 3,034 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | ANIL KUMAR SINGH | JKD | 2,572 | 5.3% |
| 8 | PRABHAT KUMAR MISHRA | Left | 1,718 | 3.6% |
| 9 | ATUL MOHANTY | IND | 631 | 1.3% |
| 10 | ISWAR PRASAD | IND | 155 | 0.3% |
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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 (45th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 0.3% · max 58.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
45th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.73
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
6th of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 34.1%JNP(SC) 14.7%BJP 12.7%IND 12.3%SUC 9.3%INC(U) 6.3%OTH 10.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,67,911
Density
137 / km²
Sex ratio
1051 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,073 km²
SC population14.4%
ST population56.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Christian 8.8%Other 0.9%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water18.6%
Electricity27.2%
Sanitation14.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated92.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.6%
Children underweight (under 5)39.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.1%
Women literate42.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.2%
Clean cooking fuel30.2%
Health insurance45.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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