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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 119 · 1961Reserved (SC)

Jajpur East (SC)

Winner — 1961

DAS SANTANU KUMAR
INC· INC
INC 51.2%GP 27.6%1 others 21.2%
Votes
9,956
51.1% share
Winning margin
4,577
23.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
29.4%
of 66,297

Jajpur East (SC) is a safe seat — DAS SANTANU KUMAR won by 23.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DAS SANTANU KUMAR
INC
9,95651.1%
2
BEHERA NITYANANDA
5,37927.6%
3
JENA MANGULI CHARAN
Praja Socialist Party
4,12821.2%

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.

Average turnout (90th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
23.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.0% · min 2.8% · max 48.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
90th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
124th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
111th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.1%GP 27.6%PSP 21.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,62,789
Density
248 / km²
Sex ratio
916 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,890 km²
SC population14.2%
ST population6.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 99.3%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.9%
Electricity54.1%
Sanitation19.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated96.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.0%
Children underweight (under 5)20.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER62.5%
Women literate80.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.7%
Clean cooking fuel42.3%
Health insurance49.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Brass and Bell Metal

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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