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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Gopalpur

Winner — 1985

GHANA SYAMA BEHERE
INC· INC
INC 67.7%IND 29.7%2 others 2.7%
Votes
35,851
67.7% share
Winning margin
20,133
38.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
52.9%
of 1,00,175

Gopalpur is a safe seat — GHANA SYAMA BEHERE won by 38.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GHANA SYAMA BEHERE
INC
35,85167.7%
2
TRINATH BEHERA
IND
15,71829.7%
3
UMA CHARAN BEHERA
BJP
9791.9%
4
MARKANDA DAS
IND
4310.8%

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 (8th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
38.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.1% · min 0.6% · max 50.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
8th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.75
fewer partiesmore parties
63rd of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.0%
lowerhigher
5th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.75EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 67.7%IND 29.7%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,20,946
Density
231 / km²
Sex ratio
1019 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,291 km²
SC population14.5%
ST population55.8%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%HINDU
Hindu 96.5%Other 3.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.6%
Electricity12.6%
Sanitation9.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births87.6%
Children fully vaccinated94.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.1%
Children underweight (under 5)46.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.3%
Women literate38.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.4%
Clean cooking fuel19.0%
Health insurance48.4%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Maize

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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