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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 130 · 1985

Jharsuguda

Winner — 1985

BIRENDRA PANDEY
INC· INC
INC 66.2%CPI 22.7%6 others 11.1%
Votes
31,279
66.2% share
Winning margin
20,537
43.5% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
42.7%
of 1,10,806

Jharsuguda is a safe seat — BIRENDRA PANDEY won by 43.5%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BIRENDRA PANDEY
INC
31,27966.2%
2
ISWAR NAYAK
Left
10,74222.7%
3
ISWARI PRASAD PANDEY
Janata
2,6375.6%
4
J. CHETTI
IND
6431.4%
5
BIBHUTI CHANDRA BHOI
IND
6131.3%
6
JAGANNATH MISHRA
IND
5641.2%
7
SASHIBHUSAN SAHOO
Lok Dal
4561.0%
8
BHUBAN BESAN
IND
3330.7%

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 (137th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
43.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.8% · max 45.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
137th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
62nd of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
20th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 66.2%CPI 22.7%JNP 5.6%OTH 5.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,29,031
Density
430 / km²
Sex ratio
984 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,206 km²
SC population19.5%
ST population3.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.8%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.0%
Electricity53.5%
Sanitation28.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.7%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.3%
Clean cooking fuel63.7%
Health insurance51.9%

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.

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