Surada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Surada
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Ganjam
Blocks	Surada, Belaguntha
Electorate	1,85,720
Major settlements	Surada Belaguntha
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Purna Chandra Swain
Const. No.	129
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Aska

Surada (Sl. No.: 129) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituencies include Surada NAC, Belaguntha NAC, Surada Block and Belaguntha Block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			49.25%
2009			40.41%
2004			56.94%
2000			50.17%
1995			31.77%
1990			57.41%
1985			55.15%
1980			46.41%
1977			56.52%

14 elections held during 1957 to 2014. List of members elected from Surada constituency are:^[5][6]

• 2014: (129): Purna Chandra Swain (BJD)
• 2009: (129): Purna Chandra Swain (BJD)
• 2004: (67): Kisore Chandra Singh Deo (BJP)
• 2000: (67): Usha Rani Panda (Congress)
• 1995: (67): Ananta Narayan Singh Deo (BJP)
• 1990: (67): Santi Devi (Janata Party)
• 1985: (67): Sarat Chandra Panda (Congress)
• 1980: (67): Gayatri Swain (Congress-I)
• 1977: (67): Ananta Narayan Singh Deo (Janata Party)
• 1974: (67): Sarat Chandra Panda (Congress)
• 1971: (63): Ananta Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (63): Ananta Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (28): Arjun Nayak (Congress)
• 1957: (22): Biju Patnaik (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Purna Chandra Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Basanta Kumar Bisoyi by a margin of 16,000 votes. ^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Surada[8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Purna Chandra Swain	67,546	49.25	8.84
	INC	Basanta Kumar Bisoyi	51,546	37.58	27.77
	BJP	Bhagabana Panda	9,270	6.76	-0.53
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Mohanti	2,652	1.93
	Independent	Dayanidhi Gouda	1,712	1.25
	Independent	Purna Chandra Patra	1,677	1.22
	NOTA	None	2,745	2.0	-
Majority			16,000	11.67	7.93
Turnout			1,37,148	66.66	8.95
Registered electors			2,05,743
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Purna Chandra Swain, defeated Independent candidate Nilamani Bisoyi by 4,011 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Surada [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Purna Chandra Swain	43,299	40.41	-
	Independent	Nilamani Bisoyi	39,288	36.66	-
	INC	Syed Mubarak	10,517	9.81	-
	BJP	Barat Dandpani Patro	7,811	7.29	-
	Independent	Raghunath Naik	3,163	2.95	-
	RSP	Madan Padhy	1,549	1.45	-
	Independent	Bhagaban Nayak	1,533	1.43	-
Majority			4,011	3.74[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,07,182	57.71	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 February 2014. Constituency: Surada (129) District : Ganjam
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "67 - Surada Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Surada Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
7. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
8. "Odisha - Surada". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
9. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Surada (129)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 21 April 2013. 4011
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf