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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1996 by-elections
Kakatpur
Winner — 1996 by-elections
Surendranath Naik
JD 48.9%INC 45.7%6 others 5.5%
Votes
59,315
48.9% share
Winning margin
3,875
3.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
A closely fought contest. Surendranath Naik won with a 3.2% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surendranath Naik | 59,315 | 48.9% | |
| 2 | Kadambini Swain | 55,440 | 45.7% | |
| 3 | Gauri Sankar Dash | 4,106 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Rabindra Swain | IND | 1,080 | 0.9% |
| 5 | Upendra Sahoo | IND | 711 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Pramod Biswal | IND | 343 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Sarbeswar Ojha | IND | 212 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Sudarsan Kanungo | IND | 167 | 0.1% |
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 (21st), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe3.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.1% · min 1.9% · max 43.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
81%
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21st of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
129th of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.7%
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88th of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
4 seats · 3 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 48.9%INC 45.7%OTH 5.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,27,192
Density
630 / km²
Sex ratio
973 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,899 km²
SC population23.7%
ST population8.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
94%HINDU
Hindu 94.4%Muslim 5.1%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water6.9%
Electricity47.2%
Sanitation22.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.8%
Children fully vaccinated79.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.5%
Children underweight (under 5)21.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER63.4%
Women literate75.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.4%
Clean cooking fuel28.4%
Health insurance53.9%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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🏷️HandicraftGI🏷️Stone CarvingGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.