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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 113 · 1971

Bargarh

Winner — 1971

CHITTARANJAN KAR
INC· Congress (R)
INC 23.2%SOP 21.5%6 others 55.3%
Votes
6,972
23.2% share
Winning margin
523
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
33.1%
of 90,700

Bargarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 523 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHITTARANJAN KAR
Congress (R)
6,97223.2%
2
GANANATH PADHAN
6,44921.5%
3
BHARAT CHANDRA HOTA
UTC
4,39114.6%
4
GANGABHUSAN PANDA
Grand Alliance
4,19314.0%
5
LENGU MISHRA
Left
3,55011.8%
6
HARIHAR NAIK
IND
2,4738.2%
7
HAREKRUSHNA PANDA
Grand Alliance
1,1563.9%
8
SHIBA PRASAD MISHRA
8252.8%

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 (146th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 1.4% · max 59.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
146th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.25
fewer partiesmore parties
112th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
101st of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.25EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 23.2%SOP 21.5%UTC 14.6%SWA 14.0%CPI 11.8%IND 8.2%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,51,673
Density
800 / km²
Sex ratio
929 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,813 km²
SC population13.2%
ST population5.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 95.4%Other 4.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water30.1%
Electricity71.5%
Sanitation47.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.8%
Children fully vaccinated87.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.1%
Children underweight (under 5)16.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.1%
Women literate84.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.1%
Clean cooking fuel63.3%
Health insurance43.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Fish product🏺Handicrafts (Stone Carving)

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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