Kakatpur Assembly constituency

Kakatpur (SC)
Kakatpur (SC)
Constituency No. 105 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Puri
LS constituency	Jagatsinghpur
Established	1952
Total electors	2,20,522
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Tusharkanti Behera
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Kakatpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Konark, Kakatpur block, Astarang block and 13 Gram panchayats (Jangalbori, Birtung, Baulanga, Desthali, Dhumala, Sorava, Mahalapada, Achutapur, Banakhandi, Simmili, Sutan, Tarakora and Badagaon) of Gop block.^[3]^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2024			47.05%
2019			53.68%
2014			57.42%
2009			52.57%
2004			46.31%
2000			55.89%
1995			47.76%
1990			56.21%
1985			49.64%
1980			47.09%
1977			62.56%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1995. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected Kakatpur constituency are:^[6]^[7]

Year	Member
2024	Tusharkanti Behera	BJD
2019	Tusharkanti Behera^[8]	BJD
2014	Surendra Sethi	BJD
2009	Rabi Mallick	BJD
2004	Surendra Nath Naik	BJD
2000	Surendra Nath Naik	BJD
1995 (bypoll)^[b]	Surendra Nath Naik	JD
1995	Baikunthanath Swain	INC
1990	Surendra Nath Naik	JD
1985	Surendra Nath Naik	JP
1980	Baikunthanath Swain	INC
1977	Surendra Nath Naik	JP
1974	Brundaban Patra	INC
1971	Surendra Nath Naik	Utkal Congress
1967	Gatikrushna Swain	CPI
1961	Upendra Mohanty	Jana Congress
1957^[c]	Bharat Das	CPI
1957^[c]	Mohan Das	CPI
1951^[d]^[e]	Gobinda Chandra Sethi	INC
1951^[d]^[e]	Upendra Mohanty	INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Kakatpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tusharkanti Behera	84,010	47.05	6.63
	BJP	Baidhar Mallick	60,859	34.08	16.10
	INC	Bishwa Bhushan Das	31,325	17.54	9.45
	NOTA	None of the above	382	0.21	0.22
Majority			23,151
Turnout			178,561
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tusharkanti Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 45,691 votes.^[10]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tusharkanti Behera	91,897	53.68	−3.74
	INC	Biswa Bhusan Das	46,206	26.99	−4.24
	BJP	Rabi Mallick	30,771	17.98
	NOTA	None of the above	736	0.43
Majority			45,691	26.69
Turnout			1,70,889	70.6
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rabindra Kumar Sethy by a margin of 41,030 votes.^[11]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Surendra Sethi	89,963	57.42	4.85
	INC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	48,933	31.23	3.67
	BJP	Tusharkanti Behera	12,093	7.72	4.69
	CPI	Kamal Kumar Behera	3,609	2.3	−
	CPI(ML)L	Sanjay Kumar Kandi	722	0.46	−
	OJM	Madhab Mallik	513	0.33	−
	NOTA	None of the above	838	0.53	−
Majority			41,030	26.19	−
Turnout			1,56,671	71.05	5.41
Registered electors			2,20,522
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 15,221 votes.^[14]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabi Mallick	74,114	52.57	6.26
	INC	Biswa Bhusan Das	58,893	27.56	−
	BJP	Iswar Chandra Behera	4,273	3.03	−
	Independent	Narendra Kumar Behera	1,411	1.00	−
	BSP	Prasant Kumar Rout	727	0.52	−
	Independent	Dwarika Nath Dash	625	0.44	−
	Independent	Bhagaban Sethy	489	0.35	−
	Independent	Laxmidhar Kandi	459	0.33	−
Majority			15,221	10.80^[f]	−
Turnout			1,41,062	65.64	−5.74'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000024−QINU`"'
	BJD hold

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ Death of Baikunthanath Swain
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ This constituency was known as Kakatpur-Nimapara
^ %of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 71.38%

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Kakatpur (105) District: Puri{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "54 - Kakatpur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Kakatpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ News18 (2019). "Kakatpur Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Kakatpur Constituency (Seat)". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 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 16 June 2014.
^ "Odisha - Kakatpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kakatpur (105)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 15221
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[10] Death of Baikunthanath Swain

[11] It was a 2 member constituency

[12] It was a 2 member constituency

[13] This constituency was known as Kakatpur-Nimapara

[21] %of total valid votes

[22] 2004 Voter turnout was 71.38%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Kakatpur (105) District: Puri{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "54 - Kakatpur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Kakatpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[election2019-9] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[14] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[Kakatpur_Assembly_Election_Results_2019_Live:_Kakatpur_Constituency_(Seat)-15] News18 (2019). "Kakatpur Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Kakatpur Constituency (Seat)". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[16] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[17] "Odisha - Kakatpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[18] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kakatpur (105)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[19] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 15221

[election2009-20] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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