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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 138 · 1995Reserved (ST)

Biramitrapur

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Winner — 1995

GEORGE TIRKEY
JMM
JMM 48.6%INC 20.1%5 others 31.3%
Votes
41,522
48.6% share
Winning margin
24,319
28.5% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
72.0%
of 1,18,624

Biramitrapur is a safe seat — GEORGE TIRKEY won by 28.5%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GEORGE TIRKEY
JMM
41,52248.6%
2
REMIS KERKETTA
INC
INC
17,20320.1%
3
SATYA NARAYAN PRADHAN
JD
Janata Dal
12,05314.1%
4
SUKADEV PRADHAN
BJP
BJP
11,18713.1%
5
TINTUS SOMARIA
JKP
1,2971.5%
6
BIPIN EKKA
IND
1,2181.4%
7
PREM-CHAND BHAGAT
OCG
9741.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (109th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
28.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.0% · min 0.2% · max 32.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
109th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.99
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.0%
lowerhigher
18th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.99EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 48.6%INC 20.1%JD 14.1%BJP 13.1%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton🏺Tamarind
Jagannath Temple, Gunupur

Jagannath Temple, Gunupur

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