Kakatpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kakatpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Puri
Blocks	Kakatpur, Astarang, Gop
Electorate	2,20,522 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Konark
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	BJD
MLA	Surendra Sethi
Const. No.	105
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jagatsinghpur

Kakatpur (Sl. No.: 105) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Konark, Kakatpur block, Astarang block and 13 Gram panchayats (Jangalbori, Birtung, Baulanga, Desthali, Dhumala, Sorava, Mahalapada, Achutapur, Banakhandi, Simmili, Sutan, Tarakora and Badagaon) of Gop block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			57.42%
2009			52.57%
2004			46.31%
2000			55.89%
1995			47.76%
1990			56.21%
1985			49.64%
1980			47.09%
1977			62.56%

Fourteen elections were held between 1957 and 2014. Elected member from the Kakatpur constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (105): Surendra Sethi (BJD)
• 2009: (105): Rabi Mallick (BJD)
• 2004: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD)
• 2000: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD)
• 1995: (54): Baikunthanath Swain (Congress)
• 1990: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Party)
• 1980: (54): Baikunthanath Swain (Congress-I)
• 1977: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Party)
• 1974: (54): Brundaban Patra (Congress)
• 1971: (50): Surendra Nath Naik (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (50): Gati Krushna Swain (CPI)
• 1961: (94): Upendra Mohanty (Congress)
• 1957: (66): Bharat Das (CPI)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rabindra Kumar Sethy by a margin of 41,030 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Surendra Sethi	89,963	57.42	4.85
	INC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	48,933	31.23	3.67
	BJP	Tusharkanti Behera	12,093	7.72	4.69
	CPI	Kamal Kumar Behera	3,609	2.3	-
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Sanjay Kumar Kandi	722	0.46	-
	OJM	Madhab Mallik	513	0.33	-
	NOTA	None	838	0.53	-
Majority			41,030	26.19	-
Turnout			1,56,671	71.05	5.41
Registered electors			2,20,522
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 15,221 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabi Mallick	74,114	52.57	6.26
	INC	Biswa Bhusan Das	58,893	27.56	-
	BJP	Iswar Chandra Behera	4,273	3.03	-
	Independent	Narendra Kumar Behera	1,411	1.00	-
	BSP	Prasant Kumar Rout	727	0.52	-
	Independent	Dwarika Nath Dash	625	0.44	-
	Independent	Bhagaban Sethy	489	0.35	-
	Independent	Laxmidhar Kandi	459	0.33	-
Majority			15,221	10.80[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,41,062	65.64	-5.74[lower-alpha 3]
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.38%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Kakatpur (105) District: Puri
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "54 - Kakatpur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Kakatpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
9. "Odisha - Kakatpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kakatpur (105)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 15221
12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf