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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 139 · 1980

Rourkela

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Winner — 1980

GURUPADA NANDA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 34.1%JNP(SC) 14.7%8 others 51.1%
Votes
16,396
34.1% share
Winning margin
9,316
19.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
36.7%
of 1,30,887

Rourkela is a safe seat — GURUPADA NANDA won by 19.4%.

Seat history
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All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GURUPADA NANDA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
16,39634.1%
2
BRAJA KISHORE MOHANTY
JNP(SC)
7,08014.7%
3
ANWAR AHMED
BJP
BJP
6,09712.7%
4
BATAKRUSHNA PANDA
IND
5,90112.3%
5
SK. QUASIM
SUC
4,4549.3%
6
ARUN KUMAR PANDA
INC(U)
3,0346.3%
7
ANIL KUMAR SINGH
JKD
2,5725.3%
8
PRABHAT KUMAR MISHRA
CPI
Left
1,7183.6%
9
ATUL MOHANTY
IND
6311.3%
10
ISWAR PRASAD
IND
1550.3%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (45th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 0.3% · max 58.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
45th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.73
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
6th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 34.1%JNP(SC) 14.7%BJP 12.7%IND 12.3%SUC 9.3%INC(U) 6.3%OTH 10.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,67,911
Density
137 / km²
Sex ratio
1051 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,073 km²
SC population14.4%
ST population56.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Christian 8.8%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water18.6%
Electricity27.2%
Sanitation14.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated92.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.6%
Children underweight (under 5)39.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.1%
Women literate42.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.2%
Clean cooking fuel30.2%
Health insurance45.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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