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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 135 · 2005 by-elections

Sundargarh

Winner — 2005 by-elections

Sushma Patel
BJP 47.8%INC 39.7%9 others 12.5%
Votes
53,641
47.8% share
Winning margin
9,045
8.1% of votes
Total candidates
11

A clear win with a 8.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Sushma Patel
53,64147.8%
2
Kishore Chandra Patel
44,59639.7%
3
Gopal Chandra Padhan
OGP
3,8853.5%
4
Snehalata Patel
IND
3,1792.8%
5
Sunil Singh
2,2472.0%
6
Soumen Barik
IND
1,0030.9%
7
Bijay Kumar Munda
IND
1,0000.9%
8
Suresh Patel
IND
8900.8%
9
Dilip Kumar Panda
PSS
7380.7%
10
Marsel Kisan
IND
5990.5%
11
Toshananda Naik
IND
5350.5%

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.

Low turnout (130th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.6% · min 2.6% · max 59.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
130th of 147

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
123rd of 147

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
55th of 147

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 47.8%INC 39.7%OTH 12.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
35,29,031
Density
430 / km²
Sex ratio
984 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,206 km²
SC population19.5%
ST population3.4%

What faith is practised here?

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

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.0%
Electricity53.5%
Sanitation28.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.9%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.7%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.3%
Clean cooking fuel63.7%
Health insurance51.9%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cashew🏺Granite Slab🏷️HandloomGI
🏛️

Bhima temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Bhima temple

🏛️

Kunti temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Kunti temple

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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