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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 26 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Bhawanipatna

Winner — 1957

KARUNAKAR BHOI
Also elected — same seat
PRATAP KESHARI DEO
GP· 30,874 votes
GP 42.2%GP 39.7%2 others 18.0%
Votes
32,810
42.2% share
Winning margin
24,279
31.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
38.1%
of 1,02,012

Bhawanipatna is a safe seat — KARUNAKAR BHOI won by 31.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KARUNAKAR BHOI
32,81042.2%
2
PRATAP KESHARI DEO
30,87439.7%
3
BISHWANATH MAJHI
8,53111.0%
4
GOURACHANDRA SINGH DEO
5,4907.1%

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?

SEAT
safe
31.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 3.8% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
54th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
17th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 42.2%GP 39.7%INC 11.0%INC 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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

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