Koraput (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Koraput
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Koraput
Blocks	Koraput, Lamptaput, Boipariguda
Electorate	1,66,404 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Koraput, Sunabeda
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Congress
MLA	Krushna Chandra Sagaria
Const. No.	144
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Koraput

Koraput (Sl. No.: 144) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Koraput, Sunabeda Lamptaput block, 15 Gram panchayats (Badasuku, Deoghati, Kendar, Kerenga, Lankaput, Mahadeiput,Manbar, Mastiput, Padmapur and Umuri) of Koraput block and 8 Gram panchayats (Bodaput, Boipariguda, Chandrapada, Chipakur, Dasamanthapur, Doraguda, Kenduguda, Kollar and Mahuli) of Boipariguda block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			40.65%
2009			34.97%
2004			47.34%
2000			55.80%
1995			57.03%
1990			55.74%
1985			54.24%
1980			47.54%
1977			66.50%

Thirteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Koraput constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (144): Krushna Chandra Sagaria Congress
• 2009: (144): Mamta Madhi (BJD)
• 2004: (85): Tara Prasad Bahinipati (Congress)
• 2000: (85): Tara Prasad Bahinipati (Congress)
• 1995: (85): Gupta Prasad Das (Congress)
• 1990: (85): Harish Chandra Buxipatra (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (85): Nrusingha Nanda Brahma (Congress)
• 1980: (85): Nrusingha Nanda Brahma (Congress-I)
• 1977: (85): Harish Chandra Buxipatra (Janata Party)
• 1974: (85): Harish Chandra Buxipatra (Utkal Congress)
• 1961: (8): Toyaka Sangana (Congress)
• 1957: (6): Lachhaman Pujhari (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (5): Ganga Muduli (Ganatantra Parishad)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Krushna Chandra Sagaria defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Machha by a margin of 4,976 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Koraput[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Krushna Chandra Sagaria	50,672	40.65	6.85
	BJD	Raghuram Machha	45,696	36.66	1.69
	BJP	Jairam Garada	13,665	10.96	1.58
	BSP	Balabhadra Mandi	2,091	1.68	-4.0
	Ambedkarite Party of India	Rekhit Kuldip	1,185	0.95
	SUCI(C)	Ram Barik	1,182	0.95
	AAP	Mangaldana Khosla	1,120	0.9
	AOP	Manjulata Khemundu	1,075	0.86
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Bibek Ranjan Sethi	962	0.77
	Independent	Khagapati Khosla	942	0.76
	SAMO	Kasti Turuk	870	0.7
	Independent	Purna Chandra Pangi	861	0.69
	Independent	Rohidas Nayak	844	0.68
	Indian Citizens' Party	Dhanurjya Hantala	719	0.58
	SKD	Dama Suna	574	0.46
	NOTA	None	2,204	1.77	-
Majority			4,976	3.99
Turnout			1,24,662	74.92
Registered electors			1,66,404
	INC gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Padal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Krishna Chandra Sagaria by a margin of 1,114 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Koraput [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raghuram Padal	33,235	34.97	-3.34
	INC	Krishna Chandra Sagaria	32,121	33.80	-13.54
	BJP	Jayaram Garda	8,917	9.38	-
	BSP	Somanath Khora	5,398	5.68	-
	Independent	Ananda Chandra Patika	4,117	4.33	-
	Independent	Surendra Patnia	3,197	3.36	-
	SAMO	Siba Shankar Khemundu	1,685	1.77	-
	SP	Sridhar Gantha	1,544	1.62	-
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Bibek Ranjan Sethi	1,414	1.49	-
	Independent	Iswar Chandra Suna	1,346	1.42	-
	RSP	Rama Chandra Benia	1,035	1.09	-
	Independetnt	Nrupendra Narayan Bagh	1,034	1.09	-
Majority			1,114	1.17[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			95,083	58.77	-3.79[lower-alpha 3]
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 62.56%

References

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6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
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8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf