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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 34 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Sonepur

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Winner — 1957

ANANTARAM NANDA
GP
Also elected — same seat
DAULATA GANDA
GP· 17,941 votes
GP 33.2%GP 27.8%5 others 39.0%
Votes
21,381
33.2% share
Winning margin
13,831
21.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
28.4%
of 1,13,659

Sonepur is a safe seat — ANANTARAM NANDA won by 21.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ANANTARAM NANDA
GP
21,38133.2%
2
DAULATA GANDA
GP
17,94127.8%
3
KRUPASINDHU NAIK
INC
7,55011.7%
4
CHINTAMANI RATHA
INC
5,8729.1%
5
MAHAJAN JAGADALA
IND
4,4646.9%
6
LAXMAN SATPATHY
IND
4,2636.6%
7
NILACHALA BIHARI PANDA
IND
3,0144.7%

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 (53rd), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
21.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 0.7% · max 60.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
53rd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.60
fewer partiesmore parties
9th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
112th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 33.2%GP 27.8%INC 11.7%INC 9.1%IND 6.9%IND 6.6%OTH 4.7%

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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