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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1957Reserved (ST)

Balliguda

Winner — 1957

LOKANATH PATRA
GP 59.4%INC 40.6%
Votes
6,663
59.5% share
Winning margin
2,118
18.9% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
20.4%
of 55,034

Balliguda is a safe seat — LOKANATH PATRA won by 18.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LOKANATH PATRA
6,66359.5%
2
JADAB PODRA
4,54540.5%

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.

High turnout (22nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
18.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 4.8% · max 32.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
22nd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
34th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 59.5%INC 40.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,01,733
Density
217 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,303 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population45.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 97.3%Other 2.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.1%
Electricity30.0%
Sanitation15.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated86.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)37.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.2%
Women literate64.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Clean cooking fuel27.9%
Health insurance43.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Terracotta

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