Bhatli (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhatli
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Bargarh
Blocks	Bhatli, Sohela, Ambabhona
Electorate	1,91,751
Major settlements	Bargarh
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	BJD
MLA	Susanta Singh
Const. No.	5
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bargarh

Bhatli (Sl. No.: 5) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district, Odisha, India.^[1]

This constituency includes Bhatli block, Sohela block and Ambabhona block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			43%
2009			42.58%
2004			42.08%
2000			64.47%
1995			34.77%
1990			45.44%
1985			58.97%
1980			67.69%
1977			50.72%

Fourteen elections held during 1957 to 2014. List of members elected from this constituency are:^[5]

• 2014: Susanta Singh (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2009: Susanta Singh (BJD)
• 2004: Bimbadhar Kuanr (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• 2000: Bimbadhar Kuanr (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• 1995: Mohan Nag (Congress)
• 1990: Kumar Behera (Janata Dal)
• 1985: Mohan Nag (Congress)
• 1980: Mohan Nag (Congress -I)
• 1977: Bimbadhar Kuanr (Janata Party)
• 1974: Mohan Nag (Congress)
• 1971: Natabar Banchhor (Communist)
• 1967: Saraswati Pradhan (Congress)
• 1961: Saraswati Pradhan (Congress)
• 1957: Natabar Banchhor (Communist)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Susanta Singh defeated Independent candidate Sushant Mishra by a margin of 37,581 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhatli[7][8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Susanta Singh	75,077	43
	Independent	Sushant Mishra	37,496	29
	BJP	Sauri Charan Barik	29,316
	INC	Prakash Chandra Debta	10,506
	Paschimanchal Vikas Party	Laxman Kumar Bhoi	7,742
	AAP	Sushil Kumar Sahu	1,499
	BSP	Bihari Meher	1,433
	CPI	Gunanidhi Mishra	1,347
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Benudhar Mahapatra	804
	Independent	Mukesh Agrawal	795
	OJM	Dhanapati Sahu	622
	AITMC	Bruhaspati Khamari	568
	NOTA	None	1046		-
Majority					-
Turnout
Registered electors
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Susant Singh, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Prakash Chandra Debata by 4,771 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhatli[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Susanta Singh	60,502	42.58	-
	INC	Prakash Chandra Debata	55,725	39.22	-
	BJP	Bimbadhar Kuanr	17,075	12.02	-
	BSP	Rabi Shankar Pradhan	4,488	3.16	-
	KOKD	Benudhar Mohapatra	2,734	1.92	-
	Bharatiya Jana Shakti	Om Prakash Agarwal	1,563	1.10	-
Majority			4,771	3.36[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,42,114	74.11	-
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 31 December 2013. Constituency: Bhatli (5) District : Bargarh
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "126 - Bhatli Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in.
7. "Odisha - Bhatli". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
8. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bhatli (5)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Bhatli Constituency Result". IndianBallot.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 31 December 2013. 4771
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf