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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 48 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Anandpur

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Winner — 1957

UPENDRANATH JENA
GP
Also elected — same seat
BIRAKISHORE JENA
GP· 7,486 votes
GP 19.7%INC 19.5%10 others 60.8%
Votes
11,929
19.7% share
Winning margin
128
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
29.0%
of 1,04,188

Anandpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 128 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UPENDRANATH JENA
GP
11,92919.7%
2
PADMANAVA PATTNAIK
INC
11,80119.5%
3
DAITARI MISHRA
IND
8,57914.2%
4
BIRAKISHORE JENA
GP
7,48612.4%
5
MAHESWAR JENA
INC
6,48510.7%
6
KIRTAN BIHARI MOHANTY
IND
3,4165.6%
7
MURLIDHAR KAUNR
IND
2,9034.8%
8
DAITARI PADHAN
IND
2,2633.7%
9
GOPINATH JENA
IND
1,7672.9%
10
BIRENDRAKUMAR SETHI
IND
1,5852.6%
11
BHAIGA SETHI
IND
1,5702.6%
12
MADHUSUDAN MISHRA
IND
7331.2%

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

Low turnout (126th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.4% · min 0.2% · max 69.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
66%
lowerhigher
126th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
130th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
97th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
GP 19.7%INC 19.5%IND 14.2%GP 12.4%INC 10.7%IND 5.6%OTH 17.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,27,192
Density
630 / km²
Sex ratio
973 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,899 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population8.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 94.4%Muslim 5.1%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.9%
Electricity47.2%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.5%
Children underweight (under 5)21.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.4%
Women literate75.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance53.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️HandicraftGI🏷️Stone CarvingGI

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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