Basta (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basta (Akash Pradhan)
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Basta, Baliapal
Electorate	1,90,381
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Raghunath Mohanty
Const. No.	37
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

Basta (Sl. No.: 37) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency include Baliapal block and 11 GPs (Mukulishi, Brahmanda, Sadanandapur, Baharda, Rautpada, Mathani, Sahada, Naikudi, Gadapada, Darada and Irda) of Basta block. ^[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghunath Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jaynarayan Mohanty by a margin of 9,530 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			47.69%
2009			50.68%
2004			55.83%
2000			53.36%
1995			47.34%
1990			46.23%
1985			67.84%
1980			52.77%
1977			56.66%

Sixteen(16) elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Basta constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (37): Nityananda Sahoo (BJD)
• 2009: (37): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
• 2004: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
• 2000: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
• 1995: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (13): Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra (Congress)
• 1980: (13): Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (13): Maheswar Baug (Janata Party)
• 1974: (13): Chintamani Jena (Congress)
• 1971: (13): Chintamani Jena (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (13): Chintamani Jena (Congress)
• 1961: (128): Maheswar Baug (PSP)
• 1958: (Bye-election): Akshaya Narayan Praharaj (Congress)
• 1957: (91): Akshaya Narayan Praharaj (Congress)
• 1951: (53): Trilochan Senapati (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jay Narayan Mohanty by a margin of 6,433 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nityananda Sahoo	76,737	47.69	-2.99
	INC	Jay Narayan Mohanty	70,304	43.69	-0.51
	BJP	Shyama Prasad Behera	11,165	6.94	3.73
	AITMC	Madan Mohan Jena	690	0.43
	BSP	Pramod Kumar Pattayat	590	0.37	0.03
	AAP	Saroj Kumar Roul	447	0.28
	SP	Ramakanta Panda	199	0.18
	Independent	Gourab Kumar Andia	186	0.12
	NOTA	None	604	0.38	-
Majority			6,433	39.97	33.48
Turnout			1,60,922	80.14	2.96
Registered electors			2,00,793
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raghunath Mohanty	74,472	50.68	-
	INC	Jaynarayan Mohanty	64,942	44.20	-
	BJP	Arabinda Behera	4,713	3.21	-
	Independent	Judhisthira Jena	987	0.67	-
	JMM	Kamal Lochan Barik	797	0.54	-
	Jan Hitkari Party	Ramesh Swain	523	0.36	-
	BSP	Sadasiv Sethi	498	0.34	-
Majority			9,530	6.49[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,46,933	77.18	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Basta (37) District : Balasore
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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5. "13 - Basta Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Basta Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Odisha - Basta". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Basta (37)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf