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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1967

Dharamsala

Winner — 1967

P.MOHANTY
PSP· Praja Socialist Party
PSP 38.3%INC 17.5%6 others 44.2%
Votes
14,798
38.3% share
Winning margin
8,027
20.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
50.7%
of 76,266

Dharamsala is a safe seat — P.MOHANTY won by 20.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P.MOHANTY
Praja Socialist Party
14,79838.3%
2
C.NAYAK
INC
6,77117.5%
3
B.B.C.D.NARENDRA
IND
5,86815.2%
4
J.B.PATTANAYAK
JAC
5,82615.1%
5
R.N.DAS
IND
3,0758.0%
6
N.MOHANTY
IND
1,0012.6%
7
P.PAL
IND
8782.3%
8
A.K.PATTANAYAK
IND
4591.2%

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 (22nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
20.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 4.8% · max 32.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
22nd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
34th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 38.3%INC 17.5%IND 15.2%JAC 15.1%IND 8.0%OTH 6.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,01,733
Density
217 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,303 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population45.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 97.3%Other 2.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.1%
Electricity30.0%
Sanitation15.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated86.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)37.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.2%
Women literate64.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Clean cooking fuel27.9%
Health insurance43.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Terracotta

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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