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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 25 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Phulbani

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Winner — 1957

HIMANSHU SHEKHAR PADHI
GP
Also elected — same seat
ANIRUDHA DIPA
GP· 14,900 votes
GP 28.4%GP 22.7%13 others 48.9%
Votes
18,634
28.4% share
Winning margin
11,018
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
15
Turnout
26.2%
of 1,25,270

Phulbani is a safe seat — HIMANSHU SHEKHAR PADHI won by 16.8%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1951 vs 1957

All Candidates

15 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HIMANSHU SHEKHAR PADHI
GP
18,63428.4%
2
ANIRUDHA DIPA
GP
14,90022.7%
3
NATABAR PRADHAN
INC
7,61611.6%
4
BHAGABAN PANDA
IND
5,1887.9%
5
BALUNKI SAHANI
INC
3,8815.9%
6
DASRATH PRADHAN
IND
3,0234.6%
7
SHANKARPRASAD DEHURI
IND
2,8484.3%
8
BASUDEV PRADHAN
IND
1,9903.0%
9
KRUSHNA PRASAD TRIPATHY
IND
1,7972.7%
10
SRIRAM KAWNR
IND
1,5352.3%
11
NARAYAN SAHU
IND
1,0861.6%
12
UMESH PRASAD SINHA
IND
9381.4%
13
GONDHE SAHANI
IND
8351.3%
14
BANSHIDHAR BEHERA
IND
7971.2%
15
ANTARA MUKHI
IND
5750.9%

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 (55th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.6% · min 0.1% · max 56.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
55th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
84th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 28.4%GP 22.7%INC 11.6%IND 7.9%INC 5.9%OTH 23.5%

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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