Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency
| Bhawanipatna | |
|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Odisha constituency | |
| District | Kalahandi |
| Blocks | Bhawanipatna, Kesinga |
| Electorate | 2,04,764 [1][a] |
| Major settlements | Bhawanipatna, Kesinga |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1951 |
| Party | Congress |
| MLA | Dusmanta Naik |
| Const. No. | 80 |
| Reserved for | Scheduled Castes |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Kalahandi |
Bhawanipatna (Sl. No.: 80) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda, Chahagaon, Karlapada, Chheliamal, Kalam, Karlaguda, Thuapadar, Dadpur, Deypur, Gudialipadar, Kamthana, Kuliamal, Gand-Barajhola, Medinipur, Seinpur, Palsijharan, Udepur, Matia, Borda, Kendupati, Gurujung, Borbhata, Dumuria, Artal and Palana) of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs (Adhamunda, Balasi, Boria, Chancher, Deogaon, Fatakmal, Gaigaon, Gokuleswar, Kandel, Kikia, Kundabandha, Laitara, Nasigaon, Pastikudi, Patharla, Sirol and Utkela) of Kesinga block.[3][4]
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dusmanta Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradipta Kumar Naik by a margin of 2,195 votes.[5]
Elected Members
Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009 including one Bye election in 1957.[7] Elected members from the Bhawanipatna constituency are:[8][9]
- 2014: (80): Anam Naik (BJD)
- 2009: (80): Dusmanta Naik (Congress)
- 2004: (99): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)
- 2000: (99): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)
- 1995: (99): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)
- 1990: (99): Ajit Das (Janata Dal)
- 1985: (99): Bhakta Charan Das (Janata Party)
- 1980: (99): Dayanidhi Naik (Congress-I)
- 1977: (99): Dayanidhi Naik (Congress)
- 1974: (99): Jagamohan Nayak (Swatantra Party)
- 1971: (93): Dayanidhi Naik (Jana Congress)
- 1967: (93): Dayanidhi Naik (Congress)
- 1961: (34): Anchal Majhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
- 1957: (Bye Poll): C. S. Pradhan (Ganatantra Parishad)
- 1957: (26): Karunakar Bhoi (Ganatantra Parishad)
- 1951: (18): J . C . Singh Deo (Ganatantra Parishad)
2014 Election Candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Damayanti Mahanand | ||||
| AOP | Sarat Chandra Naik | ||||
| BJD | Anam Naik | ||||
| BJP | Dayanidhi Naik | ||||
| BSP | Chitrasen Chhatria | ||||
| INC | Dusmanta Naik | ||||
| National Congress Party | Yudha Sunani | ||||
| SP | Lalu Nial | ||||
| PVP | Usha Nag | ||||
| SKD | Kaishab Bihari | ||||
| API | Baidya Nath Behera | ||||
| OJM | Manoj Naik | ||||
| BMP | Rishisudan Chhatrapal | ||||
| SAMO | Surya Narayan Kumar | ||||
| Kalinga Sena | Hemabanti Naik | ||||
| SWJP | Lingaraj Azad | ||||
| Independent | Baisnab Charan Naik | ||||
| NOTA | None | − | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
Summary of results of the 2009 Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dusmanta Naik | 46,215 | 36.47 | −4.92 | |
| BJP | Pradipta Kumar Naik | 44,020 | 34.73 | −14.51 | |
| BJD | Jayanta Kumar Naik | 25,733 | 20.30 | ||
| BSP | Khageswar Naik | 2,975 | 2.35 | − | |
| Independent | Anjali Mangaraj | 2,754 | 2.17 | − | |
| SAMO | Ramani Duria | 2,302 | 1.82 | − | |
| SP | Aswini Chandan | 1,542 | 1.22 | − | |
| Kalinga Sena | Hemanta Kumar Tandi | 1,194 | 0.94 | − | |
| Majority | 2,195 | 1.73[b] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,26,809 | 64.33 | − | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 0.97[c] | |||
Notes
References
- ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
Constituency: Bhawanipatna (80) District: Kalahandi
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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- ^ "99 - Bhawanipatna (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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- ^ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf