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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 107 · 1980
Kantabanji
Winner — 1980
PRASANNA KUMAR PAL
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 54.8%IND 24.7%5 others 20.4%
Votes
16,850
54.8% share
Winning margin
9,254
30.1% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
38.9%
of 78,965
Kantabanji is a safe seat — PRASANNA KUMAR PAL won by 30.1%.
Seat history
All Candidates
7 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRASANNA KUMAR PAL |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 16,850 | 54.8% |
| 2 | NITYANANDA SAHU | IND | 7,596 | 24.7% |
| 3 | TAPI CHARAN SAHOO | JNP(SC) | 2,994 | 9.7% |
| 4 | MAHADEB MAJHI | IND | 1,788 | 5.8% |
| 5 | KHUSIRAM MEHER | IND | 736 | 2.4% |
| 6 | CHITTARANJAN KUMAR | IND | 391 | 1.3% |
| 7 | MURALIDHAR ROY | BJP | 370 | 1.2% |
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 (123rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe30.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.4% · max 43.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
123rd of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
80th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
102nd of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 54.8%IND 24.7%JNP(SC) 9.7%IND 5.8%OTH 4.9%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
14 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.