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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 39 · 1957

Katarbaga

Winner — 1957

PURUSOTTAM PANDA
GP 42.9%INC 31.9%4 others 25.2%
Votes
9,396
42.9% share
Winning margin
2,409
11.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
37.6%
of 58,275

A clear win with a 11.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PURUSOTTAM PANDA
9,39642.9%
2
RATNAKAR BEHERA
6,98731.9%
3
DURGA PRASAD NANDA
IND
2,36410.8%
4
NARASINGHA GURU
IND
1,4506.6%
5
HARIS CHANDRA KULTA
IND
1,1005.0%
6
NISAMANI PADHAN
IND
6162.8%

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 (46th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.5% · min 1.1% · max 48.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
46th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
91st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
86th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 42.9%INC 31.9%IND 10.8%IND 6.6%IND 5.0%OTH 2.8%

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?

1 location
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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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