Pipili (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Pipili
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Puri
Blocks	Pipili, Delanga
Electorate	2,07,162 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Pipili
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Pradeep Maharathy
Const. No.	110
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Puri

Pipili (Sl. No.: 110) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Pipili, Pipili block and Delanga block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009			49.14%
2004			52.08%
2000			56.25%
1995			50.22%
1990			66.35%
1985			43.61%
1980			39.83%
1977			49.73%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009. Elected member from the Pipili constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2009: (110): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 2004: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 2000: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 1995: (52): Judhisthir Samantaray (Congress)
• 1990: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (Janata Party)
• 1980: (52): Bipin Bihari Das (Congress-I)
• 1977: (52): Kiran Lekha Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (52): Bipin Bihari Dash (Congress)
• 1971: (48): Abhimanyu Ran Singh (Congress)
• 1967: (48): Banamali Patnaik (Jana Congress)
• 1961: (93): Ramchandra Patnaik (Congress)
• 1957: (65): Gopinath Bhoi (Congress)
• 1951: (85): Jayakrushna Mohanty (Congress)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pipili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy			-
	BJP	Prafulla Prasad Gajendra			-
	INC	Judhistir Samantray			-
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Satyapriya Behera			-
	SUCI(C)	Subash Baral			-
	Independent	Ashrit Pattanayak			-
	NOTA	None			-

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Maharathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Judhistir Samantaray by a margin of 12,505 votes.^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pipili[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy	74,112	49.14	-2.94
	INC	Judhistir Samantaray	61,607	40.85	-2.73
	BJP	Ajit Mangaraj	11,138	7.39	-
	Independent	Shyam Sundar Chhotaray	1,998	1.32	-
	CPI(ML) Liberation	Ashok Pradhan	1,386	0.92	-
	SP	Sudarsan Pradhan	568	0.38	-
Majority			12,505	8.29[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,50,809	73.43	-
	BJD hold		Swing	0.04[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 73.39%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Pipili (110) District: Puri
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "52 - Pipili 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. "Pipili Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 12505
9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf