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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 38 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Sambalpur

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Winner — 1957

GHASI BHIKHARI
GP
Also elected — same seat
LAKSHMIPRASAD MISRA
GP· 14,391 votes
GP 25.4%GP 23.7%6 others 50.9%
Votes
15,451
25.4% share
Winning margin
4,619
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
27.0%
of 1,12,667

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history
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All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GHASI BHIKHARI
GP
15,45125.4%
2
LAKSHMIPRASAD MISRA
GP
14,39123.7%
3
BODHARAM DUBE
INC
10,83217.8%
4
BABAJI JAGATRAM
INC
7,79512.8%
5
MANGALU PADHAN
IND
4,4217.3%
6
BRAJAMOHAN PANDA
IND
3,6676.0%
7
CHHURIA NIRAKAR
IND
2,8884.8%
8
TRILOCHAN MAHANANDA
IND
1,3692.3%

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 (75th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 2.4% · max 63.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
75th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
77th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
117th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 25.4%GP 23.7%INC 17.8%INC 12.8%IND 7.3%IND 6.0%OTH 7.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,20,529
Density
610 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,806 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population11.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.7%Other 5.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.6%
Electricity56.1%
Sanitation27.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.6%
Children fully vaccinated94.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Children underweight (under 5)22.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.8%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance40.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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