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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1961

Ranpur

Winner — 1961

RAM RAMACHANDRA
CPI· Left
CPI 48.8%INC 48.7%1 others 2.5%
Votes
14,053
48.8% share
Winning margin
5
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
47.7%
of 60,462

Ranpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 5 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
RAM RAMACHANDRA
Left
14,05348.8%
2
RAY RAGHUNATH
INC
14,04848.8%
3
DAS MADANMOHAN
7172.5%

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.

High turnout (5th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 0.0% · max 45.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
5th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
97th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
61st of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 48.8%INC 48.8%OTH 2.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
4,41,162
Density
142 / km²
Sex ratio
991 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,098 km²
SC population23.8%
ST population12.6%

What faith is practised here?

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

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.4%
Children fully vaccinated91.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)38.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.1%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.3%
Clean cooking fuel30.9%
Health insurance44.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Berhampur Patta (Phoda Kumbha) SareeGI

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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