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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 28 · 19572 seats · 1 ST

Dharmagarh

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Winner — 1957

BIRAKESHARI DEO
GP
Also elected — same seat
JANARDAN MAJHI
GP· 23,344 votes
GP 40.7%GP 32.4%7 others 26.9%
Votes
29,275
40.7% share
Winning margin
24,771
34.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
41.4%
of 86,990

Dharmagarh is a safe seat — BIRAKESHARI DEO won by 34.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIRAKESHARI DEO
GP
29,27540.7%
2
JANARDAN MAJHI
GP
23,34432.4%
3
DAGA PANNALAL
INC
4,5046.3%
4
JHODIA JHAJURU
INC
3,9305.5%
5
LAXMAN PRASAD BEHERA
IND
3,7185.2%
6
NARAHARI BAG
IND
3,1404.4%
7
ARJU CHALAN
IND
1,5342.1%
8
SARAT KUMAR MUND
IND
1,5022.1%
9
LAXMINARAYAN SETH
IND
1,0081.4%

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 (96th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
34.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.6% · min 1.0% · max 34.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
96th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.66
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
53rd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.66EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 40.7%GP 32.4%INC 6.3%INC 5.5%IND 5.2%OTH 10.0%

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

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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