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Jeypur

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Winner — 1957

HARIHAR MISHRA
GP
Also elected — same seat
LAICHAN NAIK
GP· 9,192 votes
GP 19.7%GP 19.1%9 others 61.2%
Votes
9,477
19.7% share
Winning margin
721
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
20.1%
of 1,19,528

Jeypur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 721 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HARIHAR MISHRA
GP
9,47719.7%
2
LAICHAN NAIK
GP
9,19219.1%
3
GANESHWAR MAHAPATRO
INC
8,75618.2%
4
SUKADAS GANDA
INC
6,97214.5%
5
TRILOCHAN MANDAL
IND
3,1416.5%
6
MADHAB NAIK
CPI
2,7845.8%
7
HARISCHANDRA BAXIPATRA
CPI
2,7415.7%
8
KULADHAR DAMB
IND
1,5633.3%
9
SYAMOSUNDARA BHATTA
IND
1,2702.6%
10
SAHADEB NAIK
IND
1,1422.4%
11
PRAHALAD DOLAPATI
IND
1,0192.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (63rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 0.7% · max 36.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
63rd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
87th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
85th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 19.7%GP 19.1%INC 18.2%INC 14.5%IND 6.5%CPI 5.8%OTH 16.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,81,255
Density
254 / km²
Sex ratio
977 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,837 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population19.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.5%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water16.8%
Electricity44.7%
Sanitation16.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.6%
Children fully vaccinated95.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.9%
Children underweight (under 5)30.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.6%
Women literate71.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.6%
Clean cooking fuel31.9%
Health insurance45.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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