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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1971

Basudebpur

Winner — 1971

NILAMONI ROUTROY
UTC
UTC 48.7%INC 34.4%5 others 16.9%
Votes
25,367
48.7% share
Winning margin
7,482
14.4% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
57.7%
of 90,170

A clear win with a 14.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NILAMONI ROUTROY
UTC
25,36748.7%
2
CHAKRADHARA BEHERA
Congress (R)
17,88534.4%
3
BAILOCHAN JENA
Left
4,4668.6%
4
GAGAN BIHARI MOHAPATRA
IND
1,4282.7%
5
KRUSHNA ROUL
Grand Alliance
1,3172.5%
6
NANDA KISHORE PANIGARAHI
IND
1,1302.2%
7
RABINDRA KUMAR ROY
IND
4570.9%

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 (24th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.7% · min 1.1% · max 53.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
24th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.91
fewer partiesmore parties
39th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
60th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
UTC 48.7%INC 34.4%CPI 8.6%OTH 8.3%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Terracotta
Paintings on the Rock ( Ravana Chhaya, etc)

Paintings on the Rock ( Ravana Chhaya, etc)

🏛️MonumentASI

Paintings on the Rock ( Ravana Chhaya, etc)

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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