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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1971

Kavsurya Nagar

Winner — 1971

SADANANDA MAHANTY
CPI· Left
CPI 29.7%UTC 24.8%3 others 45.5%
Votes
13,205
29.7% share
Winning margin
2,208
5.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.6%
of 89,467

A closely fought contest. SADANANDA MAHANTY won with a 5.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SADANANDA MAHANTY
Left
13,20529.7%
2
RADHA GOVINDA SAHU
UTC
10,99724.8%
3
UDAYA PRATAP SINGH DEO
Congress (R)
10,40723.4%
4
MADHUSUDAN PATRA
Grand Alliance
7,99518.0%
5
HARI SAMANTARA
Grand Alliance
1,8124.1%

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 (9th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
5.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.4% · min 1.7% · max 54.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
9th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.68
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
67th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.68EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 29.7%UTC 24.8%INC 23.4%SWA 18.0%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,10,183
Density
261 / km²
Sex ratio
960 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,337 km²
SC population25.6%
ST population9.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 99.2%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity32.8%
Sanitation10.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.1%
Children fully vaccinated98.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate76.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance45.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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