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Odisha · PC 16 · 1971

Sambalpur

Winner — Lok Sabha 1971

BANAMALI BABU
INC· INC
INC 40.7%CPI 18.9%4 others 40.4%
Votes
79,788
40.7% share
Winning margin
42,707
21.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,95,957
Candidates
6
Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANAMALI BABU
INC
79,78840.7%
2
PRASANNA KUMAR PANDA
Left
37,08118.9%
3
KISHEN PATTANAYAK
Grand Alliance
32,04116.4%
4
LALIT MOHAN DAS
UTC
26,05513.3%
5
SHRADDHAKKAR SUPAKAR
11,0625.7%
6
SRINIWAS AGRAWAL
Grand Alliance
9,9305.1%

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 (11th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 2.0% · max 33.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
11th of 21

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.49
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 21

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
21st of 21

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.49EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 40.7%CPI 18.9%SSP 16.4%UTC 13.3%NCO 5.7%BJS 5.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,36,971
Density
682 / km²
Sex ratio
968 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,668 km²
SC population21.8%
ST population0.7%

Figures are for Jagatsinghapur, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 95.5%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.4%
Electricity52.6%
Sanitation24.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated91.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.2%
Children underweight (under 5)11.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.8%
Women literate84.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.0%
Clean cooking fuel30.5%
Health insurance56.8%

What's nearby?

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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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