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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 23 · 1971

Dharamsala

Winner — 1971

BANKA BIHARI DAS
PSP· Grand Alliance
PSP 37.7%UTC 24.4%4 others 37.9%
Votes
13,779
37.7% share
Winning margin
4,850
13.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
44.6%
of 81,926

A clear win with a 13.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANKA BIHARI DAS
Grand Alliance
13,77937.7%
2
RABI DRANATH DAS
UTC
8,92924.4%
3
KULAMANI PARIDA
Congress (R)
8,90924.4%
4
RAMESH CHANDRA TRIPATHY
JAC
2,7287.5%
5
SATYANANDA MISHRA
IND
1,1953.3%
6
CHAKRADHAR SAMAL
1,0402.8%

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.

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

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
13.3%
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 37.7%UTC 24.4%INC 24.4%JAC 7.5%OTH 6.1%

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
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