Nuapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nuapada
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Nuapada
Blocks	Nuapada, Komna
Electorate	2,05,761 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Khariar Road
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Basanta Kumar Panda
Const. No.	71
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kalahandi

Nuapada (Sl. No.: 71) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			36.46%
2009			41.62%
2004			36.86%
2000			57.34%
1995			46.49%
1990			64.83%
1985			49.65%
1980			48.35%
1977			59.08%

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

• 2014: (71): Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
• 2009: (71): Rajendra Dholakia (BJD)
• 2004: (94): Rajendra Dholakia (Independent)
• 2000: (94): Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
• 1995: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Party)
• 1980: (94): Bhanuprakash Joshi (Congress-I)
• 1977: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Party)
• 1974: (94): Jagannath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1971: (88): Ghasiram Majhi (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (88): Omkara Singh Majhi (Congress)
• 1961: (40): Ghasiram Majhi (Independent)
• 1951: (21): Anup Singh Deo (Congress) and Chaitanya Majhi (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada [9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	55,817	36.46	11.39
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	46,207	30.18	-11.44
	INC	Ghasi Ram Majhi	39,654	25.9	9.47
	BSP	Kunti Sahoo	2,611	1.71	-11.33
	AOP	Iswar Chandra Thakur	1,923	1.26
	OJM	Rangadhar Majhi	1,102	0.72
	AAP	Surendra Prasad Panda	943	0.62
	SP	Lochan Singh Majhi	924	0.6
	Independent	Bharat Das	834	0.54
	SKD	Prabhat Kumar Dharua	654	0.43
	NOTA	None	2,426	1.58	-
Majority			9,610	6.27	-
Turnout			1,53,095	74.4	5.15
Registered electors			2,05,761
	BJP gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda by a margin of 22,620 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	56,874	41.62	-
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	34,254	25.07	-
	INC	Saroj Kumar Sahu	22,450	16.43	-
	BSP	Ghasi Ram Majhi	17,823	13.04	-
	SAMO	Surendra Prasad Panda	3,192	2.34	-
	RPI(A)	Nityananda Bhoi	2,056	1.50	-
Majority			22,620	16.55[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,36,656	69.25	-2.24 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJD gain from Independent

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.49%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Constituency: Nuapada (71) District: Nuapada
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "94 - Nawapara Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Nuapada Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
9. "Odisha - Nuapada". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Nuapada (71)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 22620
12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf