Champua (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Champua
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District Kendujhar
Blocks Joda, Champua
Electorate 1,88,379
Major settlements Champua, Joda, Barbil
Current constituency
Created 1951
Party Independent
MLA Mr. Sanatan Mahakud
Const. No. 25
Reserved for None
Lok Sabha Constituencies Kendujhar

Champua (Sl. No.: 25) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.[1] Area of this constituency include Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs (Kodagadia, Jamudalak, Rajia, Kalikaprasad, Rimuli, Badanai, Sarei, Champua,Kutariposi, Sunaposi, Karanjia, Rangamatia, Uchabali, Bhanda,Kashipal, Padua and Chandrasekharpur) of Champua block.[2][3]

In 2014 election Independent candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate the oriya comedy king Tatwa Prakash Satpathy(Papu Pom Pom) by a margin of appro. 14000 votes, while in previous 2009 election Independent candidate Jitu Patnaik, defeated then Indian National Congress candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of only 145 votes.[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009
  
 22.10%
2004
  
 39.02%
2000
  
 34.70%
1995
  
 40.72%
1990
  
 73.30%
1985
  
 47.42%
1980
  
 35.68%
1977
  
 58.65%

14 elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from Champua Vidhan Sabha constituency are:[6]

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Md Azhar Imam
BJD Papu Pom Pom
BJP Girish Chandra Mahanta
INC Kshetra Mohan Mahanta
CPI Bidyadhar Mahanta
RIM Purna Chandra Mahanta
BMP Shyam Sundar Purty
Independent Kusha Apat
Independent Benudhara Behera
Independent Bhabani Mahanta
Independent Sanatan Mahakud
NOTA None -
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jitu Patnaik 27,700 22.10 -
INC Sanatan Mahakud 27,555 21.98 -
Independent Kusha Apat 26,280 20.96 -
BJP Murali Manohar Sharma 18,881 15.06 -
CPI Bidyadhar Mahanta 9,356 7.46 -
Independent Buta Singh 1,856 1.48 -
BSP Chittaranjan Naik 1,517 1.21 -
Samruddha Odisha Keshaba Mahanta 1,389 1.11 -
Independent Purna Chandra Mahanta 1,246 0.99 -
JMM Laxman Kumar Sethy 1,150 0.92 -
Independent Sanjita Naik 1,035 0.83 -
Independent Deepak Maharana 936 0.75 -
Independent Bhabani Mahanta 872 0.70 -
Independent Prabhupada Mishra 823 0.66 -
Independent Abhimanyu Mahanta 690 0.55 -
Independent Manoj Kumar Mahanta 682 0.54 -
Independent Ashok Mahanta 633 0.50 -
Odisha Mukti Morcha Kshitish Chandra Mahanta 605 0.48 -
Independent Arabinda Behera 589 0.47 -
Independent Akhila Kumar Mahanta 550 0.44 -
SP Yadumani Patra 543 0.43 -
Independent Akhleswar Giri 464 0.37 -
Majority 145 0.12[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,25,363 66.55 -

Notes

  1. ↑ %of total valid votes

References

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