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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1957 by-elections
Bhawanipatna
Winner — 1957 by-elections
C.S. PADHAN
GP 77.2%INC 22.8%
Votes
19,118
77.2% share
Winning margin
13,470
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
2
Bhawanipatna was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 13,470 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (54th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 3.8% · max 50.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
54th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
2.1%
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17th of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
— DOESN'T APPLYWho ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,19,738
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,418 km²
SC population7.3%
ST population58.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.9%Other 14.0%Other 2.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.3%
Electricity23.9%
Sanitation18.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.2%
Women literate58.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel16.1%
Health insurance46.5%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Rice
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.