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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 106 · 1977Reserved (SC)

Titilagarh

Winner — 1977

LALIT MOHAN GANDHI
INC· INC
INC 31.8%JNP 31.8%3 others 36.5%
Votes
7,822
31.8% share
Winning margin
12
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
29.4%
of 83,750

Titilagarh was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 12 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
LALIT MOHAN GANDHI
INC
7,82231.8%
2
BEDA PRAKASH MAHANANDA
Janata
7,81031.8%
3
TAPI JAL
IND
6,06924.7%
4
BIRABAR BIBHAR
IND
1,7787.2%
5
GHAISANA MAHANAND
IND
1,1194.5%

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.

Average turnout (40th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.4% · min 0.1% · max 43.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
40th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.23
fewer partiesmore parties
118th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
138th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.23EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 31.8%JNP 31.8%IND 24.7%IND 7.2%OTH 4.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,98,730
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
963 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,479 km²
SC population19.1%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water9.3%
Electricity54.6%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.7%
Children fully vaccinated95.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.8%
Children underweight (under 5)11.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.3%
Women literate86.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.2%
Clean cooking fuel34.4%
Health insurance61.5%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Marine Products🏷️Orissa PattachitraGI

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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