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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 48 · 1958 by-elections

Anandpur

Winner — 1958 by-elections

N.N. BHANJDEO
INC 43.5%INC 39.0%1 others 17.5%
Votes
17,180
43.5% share
Winning margin
1,779
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3

Anandpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 1,779 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N.N. BHANJDEO
17,1800.0%
2
M. SESAI
15,4010.0%
3
B. JENA
GAN
6,9160.0%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
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
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

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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