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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 107 · 1961

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Winner — 1961

RATNAMALI JEMA
INC· INC
INC 53.2%CPI 43.7%1 others 3.1%
Votes
20,665
53.2% share
Winning margin
3,708
9.6% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
55.7%
of 69,720

A clear win with a 9.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RATNAMALI JEMA
INC
20,66553.2%
2
CHOUDHURY LOKNATH
Left
16,95743.7%
3
SAHU DIJABAR
IND
1,2173.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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 (123rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.4% · max 43.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
123rd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
102nd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 53.2%CPI 43.7%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,98,730
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
963 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,479 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.3%
Electricity54.6%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated95.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Children underweight (under 5)11.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.3%
Women literate86.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.2%
Clean cooking fuel34.4%
Health insurance61.5%

What's nearby?

14 locations
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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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