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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 98 · 1974

Junagarh

Winner — 1974

UDIT PRATAP DEO
SWA· Grand Alliance
SWA 59.0%INC 36.1%1 others 4.9%
Votes
18,965
59.0% share
Winning margin
7,358
22.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
42.9%
of 74,918

Junagarh is a safe seat — UDIT PRATAP DEO won by 22.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UDIT PRATAP DEO
Grand Alliance
18,96559.0%
2
MAHESWAR BARAD
Congress (R)
11,60736.1%
3
HARISHANKAR MAJHI
IND
1,5734.9%

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.

Low turnout (136th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
22.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.9% · min 1.7% · max 32.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
136th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
38th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
130th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
146 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SWA 59.0%INC 36.1%OTH 4.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,40,361
Density
545 / km²
Sex ratio
1007 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,644 km²
SC population21.5%
ST population0.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.3%Other 3.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water8.0%
Electricity52.9%
Sanitation17.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.7%
Children fully vaccinated82.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.6%
Children underweight (under 5)17.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate84.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.4%
Clean cooking fuel27.9%
Health insurance50.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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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