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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 29 · 1974Reserved (SC)

Binjharpur

Winner — 1974

BAISHMAB CHARAN MALIK
INC· Congress (R)
INC 44.7%UTC 43.2%4 others 12.2%
Votes
18,507
44.7% share
Winning margin
619
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
49.9%
of 82,982

Binjharpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 619 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BAISHMAB CHARAN MALIK
Congress (R)
18,50744.7%
2
BIRAJA PRASAD MALIK
UTC
17,88843.2%
3
PABITRA MOHAN JENA
IND
1,9724.8%
4
JAGABANDHU MALIK
IND
1,6884.1%
5
GANANATH JENA
IND
1,0082.4%
6
RANGALATA DEVI
3740.9%

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.

Average turnout (48th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.5% · max 26.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
48th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.85
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
122nd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
146 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.85EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.7%UTC 43.2%OTH 12.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,19,738
Density
242 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,418 km²
SC population7.3%
ST population58.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 83.9%Other 14.0%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.3%
Electricity23.9%
Sanitation18.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.7%
Children fully vaccinated84.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER72.2%
Women literate58.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Clean cooking fuel16.1%
Health insurance46.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Rice

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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