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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1995

Bhadrak

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Winner — 1995

PRAFULLA SAMAL
JD· Janata Dal
JD 44.4%IND 22.8%11 others 32.9%
Votes
54,471
44.4% share
Winning margin
26,528
21.6% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
74.1%
of 1,65,651

Bhadrak is a safe seat — PRAFULLA SAMAL won by 21.6%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAFULLA SAMAL
JD
Janata Dal
54,47144.4%
2
JUGAL PATTANAIK
IND
27,94322.8%
3
BIREN PALAI
INC
INC
26,84121.9%
4
GOVINDA MOHAPATRA
BJP
BJP
12,0979.8%
5
ASHOK NAYAK
SJP(R)
3580.3%
6
SACHIDANANDA MOHANRY
SAP
2910.2%
7
PRADEEP JENA
PSS
2210.2%
8
SAROJ KUMAR ROUT
IND
1300.1%
9
LAMBODER ROUT
IND
1300.1%
10
BHASKAR JENA
BSP
1120.1%
11
BHARAT BHUSAN GUPTA
IND
870.1%
12
RABINDRA PALAI
IND
810.1%
13
KALANDI CHARAN JENA
IND
560.1%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.6%
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 44.4%IND 22.8%INC 21.9%BJP 9.8%OTH 1.2%

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?

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