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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1971
Banpur
Winner — 1971
RAMACHANDRA PRAHARAJA
SWA· Grand Alliance
SWA 41.6%INC 36.7%3 others 21.8%
Votes
17,723
41.6% share
Winning margin
2,102
4.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.3%
of 86,499
A closely fought contest. RAMACHANDRA PRAHARAJA won with a 4.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAMACHANDRA PRAHARAJA | Grand Alliance | 17,723 | 41.6% |
| 2 | RAGHUNATH ARAY | Congress (R) | 15,621 | 36.6% |
| 3 | SIDHA MANSINGH | UTC | 4,469 | 10.5% |
| 4 | BHUBANESWAR MAHARANA | Left | 4,083 | 9.6% |
| 5 | N. S. CHARAN SAMANTASINGHAR | 722 | 1.7% |
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.
High turnout (21st), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe4.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 1.9% · max 43.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
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21st of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
129th of 147How much NOTA?
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0.7%
lowerhigher
88th of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 41.6%INC 36.6%UTC 10.5%CPM 9.6%OTH 1.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,27,192
Density
630 / km²
Sex ratio
973 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,899 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population8.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 94.4%Muslim 5.1%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.9%
Electricity47.2%
Sanitation22.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.5%
Children underweight (under 5)21.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.4%
Women literate75.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance53.9%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️HandicraftGI🏷️Stone CarvingGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.