Bhawanipatna (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhawanipatna
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District Kalahandi
Blocks Bhawanipatna, Kesinga
Electorate 2,04,764 [1][lower-alpha 1]
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

Vote share of Winning candidates [6]
2009
  
 36.47%
2004
  
 49.24%
2000
  
 55.91%
1995
  
 23.94%
1990
  
 49.33%
1985
  
 45.51%
1980
  
 71.99%
1977
  
 52.67%

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 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna
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

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna[10]
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[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,26,809 64.33 -
INC gain from BJP Swing 0.97[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 63.36%

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Bhawanipatna (80) District: Kalahandi
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 2195
  6. ↑ "99 - Bhawanipatna (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  7. ↑ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  8. ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  9. ↑ "Bhawanipatna Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  10. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf

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