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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1995

Gobindpur

Winner — 1995

PANCHANAN KANUNGO
JD· Janata Dal
JD 48.9%INC 48.8%5 others 2.3%
Votes
56,021
48.9% share
Winning margin
85
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
75.2%
of 1,52,481

Gobindpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 85 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PANCHANAN KANUNGO
Janata Dal
56,02148.9%
2
RABINDRA KU. MALLICK
INC
55,93648.8%
3
LALETENDU BADU
BJP
1,4731.3%
4
RADHAKANT BARIK
7610.7%
5
KRUSHNA CH. SWAIN
IND
1790.2%
6
RAM CHANDRA MISRA
IND
1230.1%
7
ARTATRAN DAS
IND
1180.1%

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.

Average turnout (117th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 0.1% · max 58.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
117th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
102nd of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
120th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 48.9%INC 48.8%OTH 2.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,20,529
Density
610 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,806 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population11.9%

What faith is practised here?

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

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.6%
Electricity56.1%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.6%
Children fully vaccinated94.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Children underweight (under 5)22.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.8%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance40.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.

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