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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 115 · 1971

Brajarajnagar

Winner — 1971

UPENDRA DIKSHIT
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.7%CPI 39.9%3 others 12.4%
Votes
13,015
47.7% share
Winning margin
2,136
7.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
39.0%
of 69,892

A clear win with a 7.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UPENDRA DIKSHIT
Congress (R)
13,01547.7%
2
PRASANNA KUMAR PANDA
Left
10,87939.9%
3
ALIK RAM NAYAK
1,8366.7%
4
JENAMANI DAS
Grand Alliance
1,0774.0%
5
HARADHAN NANDA
UTC
4561.7%

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 (118th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.7% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
118th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.56
fewer partiesmore parties
10th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
75th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.7%CPI 39.9%NCO 6.7%OTH 5.6%

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?

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

Churangarh Fort locally known as Sarangarh

🏛️MonumentASI

Churangarh Fort locally known as Sarangarh

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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