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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 86 · 1995Reserved (SC)

Malkangiri

Winner — 1995

ARABINDA DHALI
BJP· BJP
BJP 39.3%JD 33.0%3 others 27.7%
Votes
39,940
39.3% share
Winning margin
6,366
6.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
66.3%
of 1,53,405

A clear win with a 6.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ARABINDA DHALI
BJP
39,94039.3%
2
NAKA NUKAL RAJU
Janata Dal
33,57433.0%
3
NAKA LAXMAYA
INC
22,69722.3%
4
CHINAM KUMUTI
IND
4,2074.1%
5
ANTALI PRAVAKAR RAO
1,3301.3%

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 (18th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.2% · max 35.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
18th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.40
fewer partiesmore parties
93rd of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
70th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.40EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 39.3%JD 33.0%INC 22.3%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
4,41,162
Density
142 / km²
Sex ratio
991 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,098 km²
SC population23.8%
ST population12.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 99.3%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.3%
Electricity17.8%
Sanitation10.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.4%
Children fully vaccinated91.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.0%
Children underweight (under 5)38.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.1%
Women literate68.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.3%
Clean cooking fuel30.9%
Health insurance44.7%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Berhampur Patta (Phoda Kumbha) SareeGI
🏛️

Paschima Somanatha, Bhubanesvara and Kapilesvara temples

🏛️MonumentASI

Paschima Somanatha, Bhubanesvara and Kapilesvara temples

Temples of Nila-Madhava and Siddhesvara

Temples of Nila-Madhava and Siddhesvara

🏛️MonumentASI

Temples of Nila-Madhava and Siddhesvara

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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