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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 15 · 1980
Soro
Winner — 1980
PITAMBAR PANDA
CPI· Left
CPI 42.4%INC(I) 42.2%4 others 15.5%
Votes
21,829
42.4% share
Winning margin
108
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
53.7%
of 95,868
Soro was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 108 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PITAMBAR PANDA | Left | 21,829 | 42.4% |
| 2 | JADUNATH DAS MOHAPATRA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 21,721 | 42.2% |
| 3 | SAKUNTALA PANDA | IND | 4,297 | 8.3% |
| 4 | PURNA CHANDRA MOHAPATRA | JNP(JP) | 2,424 | 4.7% |
| 5 | PRAFULLA SINGH | BJP | 834 | 1.6% |
| 6 | GAJENDRA KUMAR UPADHAYA | JNP(SC) | 414 | 0.8% |
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.
High turnout (11th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 0.2% · max 50.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
11th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.5%
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28th of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 42.4%INC(I) 42.2%IND 8.3%OTH 7.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,41,099
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
976 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,624 km²
SC population18.4%
ST population34.1%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.6%Other 7.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity50.8%
Sanitation22.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated98.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.7%
Women literate71.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.4%
Clean cooking fuel42.6%
Health insurance49.3%
What's nearby?
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