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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 98 · 1980
Junagarh
Winner — 1980
MAHESWAR BARAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 46.7%JNP(SC) 15.9%7 others 37.4%
Votes
15,686
46.7% share
Winning margin
10,341
30.8% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
40.8%
of 82,410
Junagarh is a safe seat — MAHESWAR BARAD won by 30.8%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAHESWAR BARAD |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 15,686 | 46.7% |
| 2 | CHAKRADHAR BEHERA | JNP(SC) | 5,345 | 15.9% |
| 3 | BANAMALI NAYAK | 5,058 | 15.1% | |
| 4 | DIBYASANKAR PATRA | IND | 3,092 | 9.2% |
| 5 | RADHA MOHAN PRADHAN | IND | 1,472 | 4.4% |
| 6 | NARSINGH PANDA | IND | 1,246 | 3.7% |
| 7 | DIGAMBAR SAHU | IND | 760 | 2.3% |
| 8 | MAHESWAR NAYAK | IND | 683 | 2.0% |
| 9 | GUNANIDHI BHOI | IND | 269 | 0.8% |
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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.
Low turnout (136th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean30.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 1.7% · max 32.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
136th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
38th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
130th of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.7%JNP(SC) 15.9%INC(U) 15.1%IND 9.2%OTH 13.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,40,361
Density
545 / km²
Sex ratio
1007 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,644 km²
SC population21.5%
ST population0.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.3%Other 3.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.0%
Electricity52.9%
Sanitation17.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.7%
Children fully vaccinated82.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.6%
Children underweight (under 5)17.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate84.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.4%
Clean cooking fuel27.9%
Health insurance50.0%
What's nearby?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.