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Ghatsila

200520092014201920242025 by-elections

Winner — 2025 by-elections

SOMESH CHANDRA SOREN
JMM
JMM 55.6%BJP 35.1%11 others 9.3%
Votes
1,04,936
55.6% share
Winning margin
38,601
20.4% of votes
Total candidates
13

Ghatsila is a safe seat — SOMESH CHANDRA SOREN won by 20.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SOMESH CHANDRA SOREN
JMM
1,04,93655.6%
2
BABU LAL SOREN
BJP
66,33535.1%
3
RAMDAS MURMU
JLKM
11,5636.1%
4
DR. SRILAL KISKU
IND
1,5030.8%
5
PANCHANAN SOREN
BHRTADVSIP
1,0470.6%
6
BIKASH HEMBRAM
IND
9180.5%
7
MANSA RAM HANSDA
IND
9070.5%
8
PARWATI HANSDA
PPID
3870.2%
9
MANOJ KUMAR SINGH
IND
3690.2%
10
RAM KRISHNA KANTI MAHALI
IND
3400.2%
11
NARAYAN SINGH
IND
1970.1%
12
PARMESHWAR TUDU
IND
1530.1%
13
BASANT KUMAR TOPNO
IND
1290.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (9th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
20.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.7% · min 0.9% · max 12.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
9th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
31st of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JMM 55.6%BJP 35.1%JLKM 6.1%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
22,93,919
Density
644 / km²
Sex ratio
949 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,562 km²
SC population4.9%
ST population28.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
68%HINDU
Hindu 67.6%Other 20.3%Muslim 8.9%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water30.0%
Electricity81.4%
Sanitation49.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births94.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.9%
Children underweight (under 5)41.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.4%
Women literate73.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.8%
Clean cooking fuel57.6%
Health insurance50.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Paithkar Painting
🏛️

Site of an old fort, rampart

🏛️MonumentASI

Site of an old fort,

📍Google MapsOSM

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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