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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 62 · 2002 by-elections

Nayagarh

Winner — 2002 by-elections

Mandakini Behera
BJD 55.9%INC 41.3%1 others 2.8%
Votes
56,745
55.9% share
Winning margin
14,763
14.5% of votes
Total candidates
3

A clear win with a 14.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Mandakini Behera
56,74555.9%
2
Sitakanta Mishra
41,98241.3%
3
Bijay Nayak
BBM
2,8212.8%

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 (7th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
14.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.6% · min 2.4% · max 49.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
85%
lowerhigher
7th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
141st of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
80th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
2 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJD 55.9%INC 41.3%OTH 2.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
12,73,821
Density
200 / km²
Sex ratio
943 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,375 km²
SC population18.8%
ST population14.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 98.8%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water14.0%
Electricity44.6%
Sanitation24.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births85.7%
Children fully vaccinated87.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.1%
Children underweight (under 5)30.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER75.8%
Women literate72.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.0%
Clean cooking fuel23.8%
Health insurance63.1%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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