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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 26 · 1967

Jajpur West

Winner — 1967

P.C.GHADEI
JAC· Swatantra-Jana Congress Alliance (Odisha, 1967)
JAC 41.6%IND 32.0%3 others 26.4%
Votes
14,008
41.6% share
Winning margin
3,239
9.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
44.4%
of 75,914

A clear win with a 9.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P.C.GHADEI
JAC
14,00841.6%
2
B.N.S.N.MOHPETRA
IND
10,76932.0%
3
G.DUTTA
INC
6,50219.3%
4
B.B.MOHANTY
IND
2,0506.1%
5
S.MISHRA
IND
3451.0%

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.

Average turnout (54th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 3.8% · max 50.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
54th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
54th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
17th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JAC 41.6%IND 32.0%INC 19.3%IND 6.1%OTH 1.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,19,738
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,418 km²
SC population7.3%
ST population58.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.9%Other 14.0%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.3%
Electricity23.9%
Sanitation18.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.2%
Women literate58.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel16.1%
Health insurance46.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Rice

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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