Kantamal (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kantamal
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Boudh
Blocks	Kantamal, Boudh
Electorate	1,43,026
Current constituency
Created	2004
Party	BJD
MLA	Mahidhar Rana
Const. No.	85
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kandhamal

Kantamal (Sl. No.: 85) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Boudh district, Odisha.^[1]

This constituency include Kantamal block and 10 GPs (Raxa, Manupali, Gochhapada, Baunsuni, Bohira, Talasarada, Mundipadar, Sagada, Gundulia and Ainlapali) of Boudh block. ^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			42.62%
2009			44.68%

Two election held during 2009 to 2014 for the Kantamal Vidhan Sabha Constituency, elected members from the Kantamal constituency are : ^[5]

• 2014: (85): Mahidhar Rana (BJD)
• 2009: (85): Bhagaban Kanhar (BJD)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahidhar Rana defeated Indian National Congress candidate Harinarayan Pradhan by a margin of 25,366 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahidhar Rana	49,202	42.62	-2.06
	INC	Harinarayan Pradhan	23,836	20.65	-9.99
	Independent	Kanhai Charana Danga	23,688	20.52
	BJP	Sudhansu Danga	9,336	8.09	-11.78
	Proutist Bloc, India	Aditya Pradhan	2,791	2.42
	KOKD	Dolamani Pradhan	1,630	1.41
	Paschimanchal Vikas Party	Bishnupriya Panda	868	0.75
	AAP	Rajeeb Kumar Nayak	848	0.73
	BSP	Ramesh Chandra Dehuria	845	0.73	-0.69
	OJM	Sandip Kumar Meher	697	0.6
	Independent	Sushil Kumbhar	563	0.49
	NOTA	None	1,132	0.98	-
Majority			25,366	21.97	7.92
Turnout			1,15,436	80.71	6.84
Registered electors			1,43,026
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhagaban Kanhor defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kanhai Charan Danga by a margin of 14,453 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bhagaban Kanhor	45,979	44.68	-
	INC	Kanhai Charan Danga	31,526	30.64	-
	BJP	Hari Narayan Pradhan	20,448	19.87
	Independent	Lalit Kumar Sahu	2,387	2.32	-
	BSP	Hemanta Suna	1,459	1.42	-
	SP	Snehalata Nayak	1,100	1.07	-
Majority			14,453	14.05[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,02,929	73.87	-
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Kantamal (85) District : Boudh
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "105 - Kantamal Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. "Boudh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
6. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
7. "Odisha - Kantamal". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
8. "Odisha - Kantamal". Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kantamal (85). EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 14453
10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf