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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 125 · 1974

Bijepur

Winner — 1974

GANANATH PRADHAN
UTC
UTC 51.8%INC 32.4%2 others 15.8%
Votes
19,755
51.8% share
Winning margin
7,379
19.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
41.4%
of 92,079

Bijepur is a safe seat — GANANATH PRADHAN won by 19.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GANANATH PRADHAN
UTC
19,75551.8%
2
MARKANDA PADHAN
Congress (R)
12,37632.4%
3
BHOLA PRASAD BARIK
IND
5,44914.3%
4
LALJI
IND
5801.5%

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 (140th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.1% · min 3.4% · max 34.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
140th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.30
fewer partiesmore parties
106th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
30th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
146 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.30EFFECTIVE PARTIES
UTC 51.8%INC 32.4%IND 14.3%OTH 1.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,29,031
Density
430 / km²
Sex ratio
984 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,206 km²
SC population19.5%
ST population3.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.8%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.0%
Electricity53.5%
Sanitation28.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.7%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.3%
Clean cooking fuel63.7%
Health insurance51.9%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cashew🏺Granite Slab🏷️HandloomGI
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Asokan Rock-edict

🏛️MonumentASI

Asokan Rock-edict

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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