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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1990

Bhadrak

Winner — 1990

PRAFULLA SAMAL
JD· National Front
JD 56.6%INC 38.3%4 others 5.0%
Votes
53,066
56.6% share
Winning margin
17,146
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
64.5%
of 1,45,378

Bhadrak is a safe seat — PRAFULLA SAMAL won by 18.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAFULLA SAMAL
National Front
53,06656.6%
2
JUGALKISHORE PATNAIK
INC
35,92038.3%
3
BHIMA CHARAN BEHERA
BJP
2,3932.5%
4
RAGHUNATH DHAL
JNP(JP)
1,8702.0%
5
MIHIR KUMAR DAS
2360.3%
6
BHUBANANANDA JENA
IND
2300.3%

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 (41st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.6% · min 0.5% · max 61.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
41st of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.77
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
31st of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.77EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 56.6%INC 38.3%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
3,12,520
Density
106 / km²
Sex ratio
975 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,940 km²
SC population16.7%
ST population35.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.7%Other 5.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.2%
Electricity29.6%
Sanitation9.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.2%
Children fully vaccinated100.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.4%
Children underweight (under 5)34.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.2%
Women literate66.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.2%
Clean cooking fuel18.4%
Health insurance57.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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