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Odisha · Assembly Constituency 64 · 1997 by-elections
Daspalla
Winner — 1997 by-elections
Harihar Karan
IND
IND 43.9%INC 40.6%7 others 15.4%
Votes
29,765
43.9% share
Winning margin
2,222
3.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
A closely fought contest. Harihar Karan won with a 3.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harihar Karan | IND | 29,765 | 43.9% |
| 2 | Sudipta Chandra Ray | 27,543 | 40.6% | |
| 3 | Prashanta Kumar Sahoo | 5,479 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Kishore Kumar Panigrahi | 3,312 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Dhobei Behera | IND | 891 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Bamadev Manthan | IND | 326 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Rabinarayan Naik | IND | 228 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Biswanath Nayak | IND | 160 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Khetrabasi Sethy | IND | 67 | 0.1% |
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.
High turnout (16th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.7% · min 0.2% · max 28.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
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16th of 147How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
73rd of 147How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
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69th of 147Where does the house stand?
SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 43.9%INC 40.6%BJP 8.1%OTH 7.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,10,183
Density
261 / km²
Sex ratio
960 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,337 km²
SC population25.6%
ST population9.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
99%HINDU
Hindu 99.2%Other 0.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity32.8%
Sanitation10.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births96.1%
Children fully vaccinated98.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)34.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER58.8%
Women literate76.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER16.9%
Clean cooking fuel41.6%
Health insurance45.8%
What's nearby?
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.