Balikuda-Erasama (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Balikuda-Erasama
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Jagatsinghpur
Blocks	Balikuda, Erasama
Electorate	2,31,429 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Prasanta Kumar Muduli
Const. No.	103
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jagatsinghpur

Balikuda-Erasama (Sl. No.: 103) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Balikuda block and Erasama block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			38.12%
2009			57.73%
2004			42.76%
2000			47.16%
1995			49.13%
1990			62.90%
1985			51.86%
1980			57.64%
1977			56.43%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected member from the Balikuda-Erasama constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (103):Prasanta Kumar Muduli (BJD)
• 2009: (103):Prasanta Kumar Muduli (BJD)
• 2004: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (Congress)
• 2000: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (Congress)
• 1995: (37): Lalatendu Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1990: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (37): Jyotish Chandra Das (Congress)
• 1980: (37): Basudev Mohapatra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (37): Umesh Chandra Swain (Janata Party)
• 1974: (37): Basudeb Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1971: (35): Basudeb Mohapatra (Congress)
• 1967: (35): Baikunthanath Mohanty (PSP)
• 1961: (106): Bipin Bihari Das (Congress)
• 1957: (74): Baikunthanath Mohanty (PSP)
• 1951: (73): Pranakrushna Parija (Independent)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Muduli defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lalatendu mohapatra by a margin of 29,354 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balikuda-Erasama[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanta Kumar Muduli	69,335	38.12	-19.61
	INC	Lalatendu mohapatra	39,981	21.98	-15.4
	Independent	Raghunandan Das	32,135	17.67	-
	Independent	Sarada Prasan Jena	23,948	13.17	-
	CPI	Abhijit Sahoo	5,260	2.89	-
	Kalinga Sena	Khirod Kumar Swain	5,186	2.85	-
	BJP	Chitta Ranjan Kansa	3,724	2.05	-1.73
	BSP	Bibhuti Bhusan Majhi	987	0.54	-
	AAP	Akshya Kumar Swain	685	0.38	-
	NOTA	None	654	0.36	-
Majority			29,354	13.13	-7.22
Turnout			1,81,895	78.66	9.95
Registered electors			2,31,249
	BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Muduli defeated Indian National Congress candidate Umesh Chandra Swain by a margin of 31,385 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Balikuda-Erasama[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanta Kumar Muduli	89,044	57.73	-
	INC	Umesh Chandra Swain	57,659	37.38	-
	BJP	Priya Ranjan Das	5,832	3.78	-
	SAMO	Gyana Ranjan Mohanty	1,709	1.11	-
Majority			31,385	20.35[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,54,282	68.71	1.29[lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			2,24,556
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 67.42%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Balikuda-Erasama (103) District: Jagatsinghpur
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "37 - Balikuda Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 15 July 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Balikuda-Erasama Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
9. "Odisha - Balikuda-Erasama". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Balikuda-Erasama (103)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 31385
12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf