Remuna (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Remuna
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Remuna, Balasore
Electorate	1,75,918
Current constituency
Created	2004
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Gobinda Chandra Das
Const. No.	39
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

Remuna (Sl. No.: 39) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency include Remuna block and 9 GPs (Ransahi, Gudu, Padmapur, Saragan, Genguti, Sasanga, Rasalpur, Jayadevkasba and Hidigan) of Balasore block. ^[2][3]

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gobinda Chandra Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudarshan Jena by a margin of 13,829 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			47.63%
2009			47.52%

The elected members from this constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (39): Gobinda Chandra Das (BJP)
• 2009: (39): Sudarshan Jena (BJD)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gobinda Chandra Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudarshan Jena by a margin of 13,829 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Remuna[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gobinda Chandra Das	70,973	47.63	35.25
	BJD	Sudarshan Jena	57,144	38.35	-9.17
	INC	Pratyush Ranjan Jena	13,716	9.2	-1.83
	CPI(M)	Sanjaya Kumar Das	3,800	2.55
	AITMC	Raghunath Mohalik	710	0.48
	BSP	Sukumar Das	672	0.45	-0.13
	AAP	Ashok Kumar Sethi	486	0.33
	Samata Kranti Dal	Nityananda Malik	312	0.21
	NOTA	None	1,209	0.81	-
Majority			13,829	9.28	-
Turnout			1,49,022	76.99	-
Registered electors			1,93,550
	BJP gain from BJD

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Remuna [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sudarshan Jena	55,847	47.52	-
	Independent	Gobinda Chandra Das	25,124	6.07	-
	BJP	Giridhari Das	14,553	12.38	-
	INC	Tarun Kumar Das	12,967	11.03	-
	Independent	Satrughna Mallick	3,057	2.60	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Rabinarayan Sethi	1,899	1.62	-
	Independent	Radhamohan Das	1,581	1.35	-
	JMM	Haripad Das	757	0.64	-
	BSP	Sangram Majhi	686	0.58	-
	Independent	Sachindra Nath Das	654	0.56	-
	Kalinga Sena	Hemanta Kumar Sethi	397	0.34	-
Majority			30,723	26.14[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,17,568	66.83	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 24 February 2014. Constituency: Remuna (39) District : Balasore
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "Partywise Votes and Results". Election Commission of India. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
5. "14 - Balasore Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Remuna Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Odisha - Balasore". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Remuna (39)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf