Digapahandi Assembly constituency
| Digapahandi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 134 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Ganjam |
| LS constituency | Berhampur |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 187,134[1][a] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Vacant | |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Digapahandi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Digapahandi, Digapahandi block and 16 Gram panchayats (Rohigam, Baulajholi, Kukudakhandi, Masiakhali, Jagadalpur, Ankushpur, Dakshinapur, Ballipada, Dengapadar, Bontapalli, Anantayi, Lathi, Mohuda, Kankia, Sahala and Baghalati) of Kukudakhandi block.[3][4]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Anangamanjari Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| Mohana Nayak | |||
| 1961 | Raghunath Mahapatra | ||
| 2009 | Surjya Narayan Patro | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2014[6] | |||
| 2019[7] | |||
Election Results
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Surya Narayan Patra | 75016 | 54.66% | ||
| BJP | Pinky Pradhan | 34564 | 25.19% | ||
| INC | Prafulla Panda | 17815 | 12.98% | ||
| Independent | Uttam Kumar Panigrahy | 5234 | 3.81% | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2185 | 1.59% | ||
| ANC | Bhagaban Sahoo | 1239 | 0.9% | ||
| BSP | Pabitra Kumar Tripathy | 1179 | 0.86% | ||
| Majority | 40452 | ||||
| Turnout | 137232 | 63.99% | |||
| TBA gain from TBA | Swing | ||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate Saka Sujit Kumar by a margin of 45,897 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Surjya Narayan Patro | 78,949 | 61.46 | −0.29 | |
| INC | Saka Sujit Kumar | 33,052 | 25.73 | −5.0 | |
| BJP | Bijaya Kumar Swain | 7,771 | 6.05 | 2.15 | |
| CPI(M) | Bidyadhar Jena | 2,399 | 1.87 | ||
| AAP | Kuresh Maharana | 1,949 | 1.52 | ||
| Independent | Pratap Kumar Sethy | 1,119 | 0.87 | ||
| SKD | Bandana Maharana | 830 | 0.65 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,397 | 1.87 | − | |
| Majority | 45,897 | 35.73 | 4.71 | ||
| Turnout | 1,28,466 | 68.65 | 5.83 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,87,134 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surya Narayana Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 32,763 votes.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Surya Narayana Patro | 65,219 | 61.75 | − | |
| INC | V. Rabi Narayan Raju | 32,456 | 30.73 | − | |
| BJP | Shreedhar Dev | 4,119 | 3.90 | − | |
| Independent | Saka Balaji | 2,288 | 2.17 | − | |
| SAMO | Promod Sabat | 1,542 | 1.46 | − | |
| Majority | 32,763 | 31.02[b] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,05,630 | 62.82 | − | ||
Notes
References
- ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
Constituency: Digapahandi (134) District: Ganjam
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
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- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ News18 (2019). "Digapahandi Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Digapahandi Constituency (Seat) Election Results". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Digapahandi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Digapahandi (134)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.