Puri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Puri
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District Puri
Blocks Puri Sadar, Gop
Electorate 2,21,892 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements Puri
Current constituency
Created 1951
Party BJD
MLA Maheswar Mohanty
Const. No. 107
Lok Sabha Constituencies Puri

Puri (Sl. No.: 107) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Puri Ranpur block, 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and 3 GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
  
 53.44%
2009
  
 51.58%
2004
  
 53.61%
2000
  
 53.65%
1995
  
 33.55%
1990
  
 73.20%
1985
  
 50.89%
1980
  
 50.65%
1977
  
 61.93%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye election in 1991.[6] Elected member from the Puri constituency are: [7][8]

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Puri[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Maheswar Mohanty 76,760 53.44 1.86
INC Uma Ballav Rath 42,039 29.27 23.52
BJP Krushna Chandra Panda 17,560 12.23 -28.09
SKD Surendranath Dash 2,504 1.74 -
AAP Aditya Hruday Mishra 1,058 0.74 -
BSP Basanti Bhoi 921 0.64 -0.34
AOP Sridhar Mishra 580 0.4 -
AITMC Nrusingha Charan Das 348 0.24 -
Independent Rama Chandra Pradhan 331 0.23 -
NOTA None 1526 1.06 -
Majority 34,721 24.17
Turnout 1,43,627 64.73 7.06
Registered electors 2,21,892
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Puri[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Maheswar Mohanty 61,328 51.58 -2.03
BJP Uma Ballav Rath 47,934 40.32 -
INC Uttam Kumar Acharya 6,832 5.75 -
BSP Kashinath Bhoi 1,161 0.98 -
Independent Rama Chandra Pradhan 634 0.53 -
SP Narayan Khuntia 633 0.53 -
Kalinga Sena Sarada Devi Panda 367 0.31 -
Majority 13,394 11.27[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,18,889 57.67 -2.71[lower-alpha 3]
BJD hold

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 60.38%

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: Puri (107) District: Puri
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "56 - Puri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 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. ↑ "Puri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Odisha - Puri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Puri (107)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 13394
  13. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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