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Odisha · PC 6 · 1957

Keonjhar

Winner — Lok Sabha 1957

BHANJ DEO LAXMI NARAYAN
Independent
IND 66.9%INC 23.9%1 others 9.1%
Votes
62,509
66.9% share
Winning margin
40,163
43.0% of votes
Total votes cast
93,392
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHANJ DEO LAXMI NARAYAN
IND
62,50966.9%
2
BANSHIDHAR RATHA
22,34623.9%
3
RICHARD JUSTIN
IND
8,5379.1%

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 (9th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
43.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.2% · min 1.1% · max 44.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
9th of 21

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.80
fewer partiesmore parties
7th of 21

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
17th of 21

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.80EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 66.9%INC 23.9%IND 9.1%

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%

Figures are for Baleshwar, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

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?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marine Products🏺Stone Craft
🏛️

Ruins of Ancient Fort, Haripurgarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruins of Ancient Fort

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Ruins of ancient Fort, Mayurbhanj

🏛️MonumentASI

Ruins of ancient Fort

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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