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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 141 · 1995Reserved (ST)

Bonai

Winner — 1995

JUAL ORAM
BJP· BJP
BJP 25.2%CPM 23.4%9 others 51.4%
Votes
21,722
25.2% share
Winning margin
1,504
1.7% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
70.7%
of 1,22,000

Bonai was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.7% — fewer than 1,504 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JUAL ORAM
BJP
21,72225.2%
2
RABINARAYAN NAIK
Left
20,21823.4%
3
BHIKARI SAHU
INC
16,94919.6%
4
RANJIT KISHAN
Janata Dal
12,87214.9%
5
DURGA CHARAN SINGH
5,3176.2%
6
LAKHA ORAM
4,8865.7%
7
BHIMA CHOUDHURY
IND
1,5911.8%
8
UMESH CHANDRA SANDIL
SJP(R)
1,3721.6%
9
INDRAMANI KISAN
IND
6150.7%
10
RAMA CHANDRA KISHAN
OCG
4530.5%
11
BISWAK SEN SAMANTA
IND
3020.3%

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 (17th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.4% · min 0.2% · max 25.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
17th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.61
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
4.0%
lowerhigher
2nd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 25.2%CPM 23.4%INC 19.6%JD 14.9%SAP 6.2%JMM 5.7%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,79,647
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
1033 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,807 km²
SC population14.3%
ST population50.6%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 93.8%Other 6.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water15.7%
Electricity25.4%
Sanitation17.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births82.1%
Children fully vaccinated98.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.1%
Children underweight (under 5)33.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.2%
Women literate40.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Clean cooking fuel31.5%
Health insurance54.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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