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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 101 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Baripada

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Winner — 1957

HARIHAR MOHANTY
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
Also elected — same seat
SAMAI MAJHI
IND· 5,190 votes
PSP 16.0%INC 15.3%7 others 68.7%
Votes
7,501
16.0% share
Winning margin
349
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
21.8%
of 1,07,170

Baripada was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 349 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARIHAR MOHANTY
PSP
7,50116.0%
2
GOURMOHAN MOHAPATRA
INC
7,15215.3%
3
PADMALOCHAN MOHANTA
IND
6,84614.6%
4
BHAGIRATHI PAL
GP
5,79912.4%
5
SAMAI MAJHI
IND
5,19011.1%
6
SAKILA SOREN
PSP
4,99010.7%
7
KRUSHNA CHANDRA NAYAK
GP
4,3179.2%
8
GOPINATH SINGH
INC
4,1078.8%
9
CHHOTARAI MAJHI
IND
8781.9%

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 (94th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.6% · max 42.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
94th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
111th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
129th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 16.0%INC 15.3%IND 14.6%GP 12.4%IND 11.1%PSP 10.7%OTH 19.9%

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%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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