Salepur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Salepur
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Cuttack
Blocks	Salepur, Tangi-Chowdwar
Electorate	2,10,046[1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Chandra Sarathi Behera
Const. No.	94
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendrapara

Salepur (Sl. No.: 94) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Salepur block and 11 Gram panchayats (Govindpur, Jaripada, Harianta, Napanga, Bhatimunda, Kanheipur, Uchapada, Kotsahi, Garudagaon, Safa and Salagaon) Tangi-Chowdwar block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates[5]
2009			47.35%
2004			52.96%
2000			53.64%
1995			43.64%
1990			75.97%
1985			50.66%
1980			58.82%
1977			69.62%

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

• 2009: (94): Chandra Sarathi Behera (BJD)
• 2004: (41): Kalindi Charan Behera (BJD)
• 2000: (41): Kalindi Charan Behera (BJD)
• 1995: (41): Rabindra Ku. Behera (Congress)
• 1990: (41): Kalindi Charan Behera (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (41): Mayadhar Sethi (Congress)
• 1980: (41): Mayadhar Sethi (Congress-I)
• 1977: (41): Kalindi Charan Behera (Janata Party)
• 1974: (41): Baidhar Behera (Congress)
• 1971: (38): Batakrushna Jena (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (38): Surendranath Patnaik (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (105): Baidhar Behera (PSP)
• 1957: (73):Baidhar Behera (PSP)
• 1951: (76): Surendranath Patnaik (Congress)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Salepur[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Sk. Asfaque Ali			-
	AOP	Bijan Satapathy			-
	BJD	Prasanta Behera			-
	BJP	Choudhury Hemanta Kumar Sahu			-
	BSP	Jasobanta Jena			-
	CPI(M)	Badrinarayan Dash			-
	INC	Prakash Chandra Behera			-
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Lenka			-
	Independent	Suvesh Ranjan Parida			-
	NOTA	None			-
Registered electors			2,10,046

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sarathi Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Prakash Chandra Behera by a margin of 1,277 votes.^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Salepur[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chandra Sarathi Behera	66,375	47.35	-
	INC	Prakash Chandra Behera	65,098	46.44	-
	BJP	Om Prakash Ray	5,906	4.21	-
	Independent	Geeta Das	1,229	0.88	-
	AITMC	Ramesh Chandra Nayak	980	0.70	-
	Kalinga Sena	Sanjaya Kumar Lenka	602	0.43	-
Majority			1,277	0.91[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,40,198	70.17	-
Registered electors			1,99,810
	BJD hold		Swing	-0.51[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 70.68%

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: Salepur (94) District: Cuttack
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "41 - Salepur (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Salepur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 1277
9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf