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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1980

Begunia

Winner — 1980

KAILASH CHANDRA MOHAPATRA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 47.1%CPI 27.0%4 others 25.9%
Votes
28,231
47.1% share
Winning margin
12,054
20.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
55.6%
of 1,07,921

Begunia is a safe seat — KAILASH CHANDRA MOHAPATRA won by 20.1%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAILASH CHANDRA MOHAPATRA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
28,23147.1%
2
GANGADHAR PAIKARAY
Left
16,17727.0%
3
HARIHAR SAHU
IND
6,61511.0%
4
SITAKANTA BIDHAR MOHAPATRA
JNP(JP)
3,5886.0%
5
BAURI KHATEI
IND
3,0355.1%
6
MIRZA AMZAD ALI
2,3153.9%

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 (44th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 1.6% · max 42.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
44th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
82nd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 47.1%CPI 27.0%IND 11.0%JNP(JP) 6.0%IND 5.1%OTH 3.9%

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?

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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