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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 37 · 1974
Balikuda
Winner — 1974
BASUDEB MOHAPATRA
INC· Congress (R)
INC 47.2%UTC 36.4%4 others 16.4%
Votes
24,795
47.2% share
Winning margin
5,701
10.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
62.6%
of 83,845
A clear win with a 10.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASUDEB MOHAPATRA | Congress (R) | 24,795 | 47.2% |
| 2 | RAGHUNATH MOHAPATRA | UTC | 19,094 | 36.4% |
| 3 | UMESH CHANDRA SWAIN | IND | 5,579 | 10.6% |
| 4 | HEMANT KUMAR BISWAL | Grand Alliance | 1,508 | 2.9% |
| 5 | PARAMA NANDA ACHARYA | JAC | 960 | 1.8% |
| 6 | NATABAR PANDA | IND | 559 | 1.1% |
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.
Average turnout (56th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe10.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 1.5% · max 49.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
56th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
141st of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
146 seats · 74 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.2%UTC 36.4%IND 10.6%OTH 5.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,20,529
Density
610 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,806 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population11.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.7%Other 5.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.6%
Electricity56.1%
Sanitation27.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.6%
Children fully vaccinated94.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Children underweight (under 5)22.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.8%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance40.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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