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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 25 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Jajpur

Winner — 1980

NIRANJAN JENA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 54.6%JNP(SC) 41.6%1 others 3.8%
Votes
25,642
54.6% share
Winning margin
6,102
13.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
45.8%
of 1,02,463

A clear win with a 13.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NIRANJAN JENA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
25,64254.6%
2
RAMA CHANDRA MALLICK
JNP(SC)
19,54041.6%
3
UPENDRA MALLIK
SUC
1,7713.8%

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 (55th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
13.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.6% · min 0.1% · max 56.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
55th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
84th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 54.6%JNP(SC) 41.6%OTH 3.8%

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
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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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