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Odisha · PC 8 · 1962

Sambalpur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1962

KISAN PATTANAYAK
Socialist Party· Praja Socialist Party
SOC 42.2%INC 39.5%1 others 18.3%
Votes
37,009
42.2% share
Winning margin
2,368
2.7% of votes
Total votes cast
87,684
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KISAN PATTANAYAK
SOC
Praja Socialist Party
37,00942.2%
2
BINOD BIHARI DAS
INC
34,64139.5%
3
PANDA GANGA BHUSAN
16,03418.3%

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 (13th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 0.1% · max 36.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
13th of 21

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
17th of 21

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
18th of 21

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SOC 42.2%INC 39.5%GP 18.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,27,192
Density
630 / km²
Sex ratio
973 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,899 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population8.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 94.4%Muslim 5.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.9%
Electricity47.2%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.5%
Children underweight (under 5)21.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.4%
Women literate75.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance53.9%

What's nearby?

20 locations
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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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