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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 125 · 1967

Rourkela

Winner — 1967

R.SAMANTRAI
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 30.8%INC 23.9%7 others 45.3%
Votes
12,092
30.8% share
Winning margin
2,704
6.9% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
45.5%
of 86,254

A clear win with a 6.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R.SAMANTRAI
Praja Socialist Party
12,09230.8%
2
K.K.DEODEBE
INC
9,38823.9%
3
P.C.PATI
Swatantra Party
6,63616.9%
4
M.A.AHMAD
IND
3,2718.3%
5
T.DUTTA
IND
3,1418.0%
6
D.NARASIMHAM
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2,2105.6%
7
P.MOHANTY
IND
1,0912.8%
8
N.PANDA
Left
8972.3%
9
S.HABIBULLAH
IND
5371.4%

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 (140th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
6.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 3.4% · max 34.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
140th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
106th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
30th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 30.8%INC 23.9%SWA 16.9%IND 8.3%IND 8.0%BJS 5.6%OTH 6.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,29,031
Density
430 / km²
Sex ratio
984 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,206 km²
SC population19.5%
ST population3.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.8%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.0%
Electricity53.5%
Sanitation28.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.7%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.3%
Clean cooking fuel63.7%
Health insurance51.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cashew🏺Granite Slab🏷️HandloomGI
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Asokan Rock-edict

🏛️MonumentASI

Asokan Rock-edict

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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