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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 23 · 2000

Sukinda

Winner — 2000

PRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADAI
BJD· NDA (NDA)
BJD 63.0%INC 35.5%2 others 1.5%
Votes
75,874
63.0% share
Winning margin
33,189
27.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
69.8%
of 1,72,546

Sukinda is a safe seat — PRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADAI won by 27.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADAI
NDA (NDA)
75,87463.0%
2
JAYAKRISHNA BEHURA
INC
42,68535.5%
3
RABINDRA KUMAR JAMUDA
BSP
1,6561.4%
4
MANAJA KUMAR JENA
IND
1390.1%

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 (22nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
27.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.2% · min 4.8% · max 32.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
22nd of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.33
fewer partiesmore parties
101st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
34th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
147 seats · 74 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.33EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJD 63.0%INC 35.5%OTH 1.5%

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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