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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1985

Basudevpur

Winner — 1985

MADHU SADAN PANIGRAHI
INC· INC
INC 48.5%JNP 48.2%2 others 3.3%
Votes
35,153
48.5% share
Winning margin
175
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
64.5%
of 1,12,425

Basudevpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 175 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MADHU SADAN PANIGRAHI
INC
35,15348.5%
2
BIJYOSHREE ROUTROY
Janata
34,97848.2%
3
PRAFULLA MALIK
IND
2,1012.9%
4
SAHADEB DAS
IND
2770.4%

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 (61st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 0.2% · max 76.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
61st of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.07
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
68th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.5%JNP 48.2%OTH 3.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,01,733
Density
217 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,303 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population45.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%HINDU
Hindu 97.3%Other 2.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water10.1%
Electricity30.0%
Sanitation15.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.4%
Children fully vaccinated86.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.2%
Children underweight (under 5)37.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.2%
Women literate64.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Clean cooking fuel27.9%
Health insurance43.3%

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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