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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 79 · 19512 seats · 1 SC

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Winner — 1951

LAXMAN MALLIK
INC
Also elected — same seat
BHAIRAB CHANDRA MOHANTI
INC· 18,563 votes
INC 24.5%INC 22.0%7 others 53.5%
Votes
20,718
24.6% share
Winning margin
10,713
12.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
35.7%
of 1,18,169

A clear win with a 12.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LAXMAN MALLIK
INC
20,71824.6%
2
BHAIRAB CHANDRA MOHANTI
INC
18,56322.0%
3
BISWANATH PASAYAT
CPI
10,00511.8%
4
BIRKISHORE PASAYAT
SP
8,1009.6%
5
DHADI BHANJ
CPI
7,9569.4%
6
KANDURI CHARAN MALLIK
SP
7,6859.1%
7
KUNJABEHARI PANDA
IND
4,3115.1%
8
BHUPENDRA KUMAR BOSE
IND
4,1534.9%
9
ATALBEHARI ACHARYA
KMPP
2,9083.5%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (34th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.0% · min 0.3% · max 40.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
34th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.05
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.0%
lowerhigher
147th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 24.6%INC 22.0%CPI 11.8%SP 9.6%CPI 9.4%SP 9.1%OTH 13.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
15,76,869
Density
199 / km²
Sex ratio
1003 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,920 km²
SC population18.2%
ST population28.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.6%Other 1.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.7%
Electricity22.5%
Sanitation11.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births92.8%
Children fully vaccinated91.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.0%
Children underweight (under 5)33.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.2%
Women literate61.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.3%
Clean cooking fuel28.9%
Health insurance48.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handicraft (Wood Carving)

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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