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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 131 · 1990Reserved (ST)

Laikera

Winner — 1990

HEMANANDA BISWAL
INC· INC
INC 47.6%JD 45.1%2 others 7.2%
Votes
31,177
47.6% share
Winning margin
1,637
2.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
54.2%
of 1,20,669

A closely fought contest. HEMANANDA BISWAL won with a 2.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
HEMANANDA BISWAL
INC
31,17747.6%
2
BHABANI SHANKAR NAIK
National Front
29,54045.1%
3
BUNDE DHURVA
BJP
3,6085.5%
4
PASCAL BARLA
1,1141.7%

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 (139th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 26.5% · min 1.3% · max 63.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
139th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
33rd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.6%JD 45.1%BJP 5.5%OTH 1.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cashew🏺Granite Slab🏷️HandloomGI
Asokan Rock-edict

Asokan Rock-edict

🏛️MonumentASI

Asokan Rock-edict

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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