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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 37 · 1980
Balikuda
Winner — 1980
BASUDEV MOHAPATRA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 57.6%JNP(SC) 33.9%2 others 8.4%
Votes
36,246
57.6% share
Winning margin
14,925
23.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
64.2%
of 97,882
Balikuda is a safe seat — BASUDEV MOHAPATRA won by 23.7%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASUDEV MOHAPATRA |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 36,246 | 57.6% |
| 2 | UMESH SWAIN | JNP(SC) | 21,321 | 33.9% |
| 3 | LALIT KUMAR LENKA | BJP | 3,229 | 5.1% |
| 4 | KRUSHNA CHANDRA MOHANTY | 2,084 | 3.3% |
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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 (56th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe23.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 1.5% · max 49.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
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56th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.86
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
141st of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.86EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 57.6%JNP(SC) 33.9%BJP 5.1%OTH 3.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
23,20,529
Density
610 / km²
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,806 km²
SC population20.6%
ST population11.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.7%Other 5.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.6%
Electricity56.1%
Sanitation27.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.6%
Children fully vaccinated94.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.4%
Children underweight (under 5)22.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.8%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance40.6%
What's nearby?
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.