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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1995

Nilgiri

Winner — 1995

AKSHAYA KUMAR ACHARYA
INC· INC
INC 30.3%CPM 28.3%8 others 41.3%
Votes
38,303
30.3% share
Winning margin
2,516
2.0% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
78.3%
of 1,61,322

Nilgiri was decided by a razor-thin margin of 2.0% — fewer than 2,516 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AKSHAYA KUMAR ACHARYA
INC
38,30330.3%
2
PRADIPTA PANDA
Left
35,78728.3%
3
DAMODARA MOHAPATRA
Janata Dal
31,75625.1%
4
RAGHUNATH SINGH
IND
9,8147.8%
5
DIPTIKANTA MOHAPATRA
IND
3,2792.6%
6
CHITTARANJAN SARANGI
IND
2,5672.0%
7
LAXMIDHARA SWAIN
BJP
2,0991.7%
8
GADADHARA DAS
IND
1,7581.4%
9
KRUTIBASH PANIGRAHI
IND
6820.5%
10
PARAMANANDA PATRA
IND
2420.2%

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 (133rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.1% · max 56.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
133rd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.54
fewer partiesmore parties
78th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
43rd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.54EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 30.3%CPM 28.3%JD 25.1%IND 7.8%OTH 8.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,41,099
Density
157 / km²
Sex ratio
976 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,624 km²
SC population18.4%
ST population34.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%HINDU
Hindu 92.6%Other 7.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.2%
Electricity50.8%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated98.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.7%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.7%
Women literate71.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.4%
Clean cooking fuel42.6%
Health insurance49.3%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
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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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