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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 139 · 2000

Rourkela

Winner — 2000

AJIT DAS
BJD· NDA (NDA)
BJD 52.9%IND 24.1%9 others 23.1%
Votes
62,450
52.9% share
Winning margin
34,018
28.8% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
40.7%
of 2,90,565

Rourkela is a safe seat — AJIT DAS won by 28.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
AJIT DAS
NDA (NDA)
62,45052.9%
2
SARADA PRASAD NAYAK
IND
28,43224.1%
3
PRAVAT MOHAPATRA
INC
19,92316.9%
4
DEVIKA MAHATO
2,8232.4%
5
JHASAKETAN NAYAK
BSP
1,1351.0%
6
PRAVAT NALINI MOHANTY
1,0840.9%
7
MAHESH MOHANTY
NCP
6740.6%
8
ARATI DAS
AITC
6240.5%
9
ARATI MOHANTY
RJD
4800.4%
10
ARUN KUMAR MOHANTY
IND
3070.3%
11
SUBASH DWIVEDI
2160.2%

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.

Average turnout (45th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
28.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.7% · min 0.3% · max 58.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
45th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.73
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.8%
lowerhigher
6th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJD 52.9%IND 24.1%INC 16.9%OTH 6.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,67,911
Density
137 / km²
Sex ratio
1051 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,073 km²
SC population14.4%
ST population56.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.3%Christian 8.8%Other 0.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water18.6%
Electricity27.2%
Sanitation14.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births68.9%
Children fully vaccinated92.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.6%
Children underweight (under 5)39.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER69.1%
Women literate42.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.2%
Clean cooking fuel30.2%
Health insurance45.5%

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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