Mahanga (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mahanga
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Cuttack
Blocks	Mahanga, Nischintakoili
Electorate	2,33,950[1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Pratap Jena
Const. No.	95
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Cuttack

Mahanga (Sl. No.: 95) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Mahanga block and 26 Gram panchayats (Fagola, Ramakrushnpur, Jignipur, Nischintakoili, Narendrapur, Nagaspur, Daudpur, Sukarpada, Asureswar, Taratasasan, Jamara, Orti, Kentalo, Baliapada, Kerilo, Buhalo, Kendupatana, Jhadeswarpur, Bandhakatia, Natakai, Kolanpur, Katikata, Katarpara, Jairampur, Barado and Sarapada) Nischintakoili block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates[5]
2014			49.34%
2009			56.82%
2004			53.42%
2000			50.52%
1995			51.69%
1990			57.84%
1985			52.66%
1980			49.05%
1977			63.83%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009 including one Bye election in 1955.^[6] Elected members from the Mahanga constituency are: ^[7][8]

• 2014: (95): Pratap Jena (BJD)
• 2009: (95): Pratap Jena (BJD)
• 2004: (40): Bikram Keshari Barma (BJD)
• 2000: (40): Sarat Kumar Kar (BJD)
• 1995: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress)
• 1990: (40): Sarat Kumar Kar (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress)
• 1980: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress-I)
• 1977: (40): Pradipta Kishore Das (Janata Party)
• 1974: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress)
• 1971: (39): Sarat Kumar Kar (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (39): Biraj Parasad Roy (PSP)
• 1961: (104): Surendranath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1955: (Bye Poll):Pradipta Kishore Das (PSP)
• 1951: (77): Mahammad Attahar (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	89,531	49.34	-7.48
	Independent	Sarada Prasad Padhan	61,657	33.98	-
	INC	Shaik Matlub Ali	22,297	12.29	-26.01
	BJP	Samir Kumar Samal	3,572	1.97	-1.87
	CPI	Rakhi Agarwal	855	0.47	-
	Independent	Mihir Ranjan Jena	810	0.45	-
	AAP	Bhaskar Chandra Swain	630	0.35	-
	BSP	Laxmidhar Jena	443	0.24	-
	OJM	Amar Nayak	343	0.19	-
	SKD	Laxmipriya Sahoo	244	0.13	-
	NOTA	None	1,074	0.59	-
Majority			27,874	15.45[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,81,462	76.64	5.77
Registered electors			2,36,778
	BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Shaik Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	89,628	56.82	-
	INC	Shaik Matlub Ali	60,408	38.30	-
	BJP	Choudhury Pravatkeshari Mishra	6,050	3.84	-
	AITMC	Premalata Rout	890	0.56	-
	Kalinga Sena	Chittaranjan Sahoo	758	0.48	-
Majority			29,220	18.52[lower-alpha 3]	-
Turnout			1,57,747	70.87	-4.88[lower-alpha 4]
Registered electors			2,22,602
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. %of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 75.75%

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: Mahanga (95) District: Cuttack
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "40 - Mahanga Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
7. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
8. "Mahanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 29220
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf