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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1995

Dhamnagar

Winner — 1995

JAGANNATH ROUT
INC· INC
INC 42.7%JD 41.9%6 others 15.4%
Votes
49,547
42.7% share
Winning margin
961
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
73.8%
of 1,57,339

Dhamnagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 961 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAGANNATH ROUT
INC
49,54742.7%
2
MANAS RANJAN MALLICK
Janata Dal
48,58641.9%
3
MANMOHAN SAMAL
BJP
15,69113.5%
4
TUSHAR JENA
SJP(R)
8230.7%
5
DEBABRATA JENA
IND
4670.4%
6
RABINDRA KUMAR MALLICK
4200.4%
7
NIRANJAN SAMANTA
3310.3%
8
HRUDANANDA ROUT
IND
1870.2%

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.

High turnout (30th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 0.8% · max 41.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
30th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
3.5%
lowerhigher
3rd of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.7%JD 41.9%BJP 13.5%OTH 1.9%

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
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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