Chandabali (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chandabali
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Bhadrak
Blocks	Chandabali, Tihidi
Electorate	1,96,539
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Byomkesh Ray
Const. No.	47
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhadrak

Chandabali (Sl. No.: 47) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency include Chandabali block and 7 GPs (Daulatapur, Bamanbindha, Jamjodi, Rajnagar, Barasar, Sahapur and Gobindapur) of Tihidi block. ^[2][3]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Byomkesh Ray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Amiya Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 24,883 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			43.99%
2009			43.57%
2004			39.86%
2000			51.24%
1995			39.8%
1990			58.17%
1985			52.14%
1980			56.92%
1977			61.69%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Chandabali constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (47): Byomkesh Ray (BJD)
• 2009: (47): Bijaya Nayak (BJD)
• 2004: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress)
• 2000: (21): Bishnu Charan Sethi (BJP)
• 1995: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress)
• 1990: (21): Bairagi Jena (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress)
• 1980: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress-I)
• 1977: (21): Gangadhar Das (Janata Party)
• 1974: (18): Manmohan Das (Congress)
• 1971: (20): Gangadhar Das (Congress)
• 1967: (20): Manmohan Das (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (122): Bairagi Jena (Congress)
• 1957: (86): Nandakishore Jena (Congress)
• 1951: (60): Brundaban Das (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Byomkesh Ray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Amiya Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 24,883 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election,Chandabali[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Byomkesh Ray	68,557	43.99	0.42
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	43,674	28.02	-9.87
	BJP	Manmohan Samal	38,952	24.99	13.97
	CPI	Upendra Kumar Roul	1,687	1.08
	AOP	Biswakeshari Mohanty	1,249	0.8
	SP	Gangadhar Bal	426	0.27
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Samarendra Bal	345	0.22
	AAP	Debadutta Mohanty	257	0.16
	OJM	Ranjan Panda	173	0.11
	NOTA	None	539	0.35	-
Majority			24,883	15.96	10.29
Turnout			1,55,859	76.8	8.51
Registered electors			2,02,953
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chandabali [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Nayak	58,467	43.57	-
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	50,854	37.89	-
	BJP	Purna Chandra Pani	14,784	11.02	-
	Independent	Sangram Keshari Rout	6,085	4.53	-
	Independent	Biswa Keshari Mohanty	2,847	2.12	-
	BSP	Surya Ranjan Mishra	595	0.44	-
	Independent	Rabi Narayan Mohapatra	571	0.43	-
Majority			7,613	5.67[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,34,220	68.29	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 February 2014. Constituency: Chandabali (47) District : Bhadrak
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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5. "18 - Bhndaripokhari Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Chandbali Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Odisha - Chandabali". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Chandabali (47)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf