Ghasipura (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ghasipura
Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency
District Kendujhar
Blocks Ghasipura, Ghatgaon, Anandpur
Electorate 1,88,845
Major settlements Ghatgaon
Current constituency
Created 2009
Party BJD
MLA Badrinarayan Patra
Const. No. 21
Reserved for None
Lok Sabha Constituencies Kendujhar

Ghasipura (Sl. No.: 21) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.[1] Area of this constituency include Ghatgaon, Ghatagaon block, Ghasipura block and 2 GPs (Dhakotha and Kolimati) of Anandapur block.[2][3]

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Badrinarayan Patra, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 25,554 votes.[4]

Elected Members

This constituency was created in 2009. Only one election held here in 2009. Elected member from Ghasipura Vidhan Sabha constituency is:[5]

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Pramod Kumar Sahoo
BJD Badri Narayan Patra
BJP Satyabrata Panda
BSP Bijaya Kumar Rana
INC Prithviraj Kuanr
Kalinga Sena Jagabandhu Mahanta
Biju SD Hemanta Kumar Nayak
Independent Rama Chandra Behera
NOTA None -
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Badrinarayan Patra 77,890 52.85 -
INC Niranjan Patnaik 52,336 35.51 -
BJP Santosh Kumar Rout 9,689 6.57 -
Independent Rabinarayan Hota 1,706 1.16 -
Independent Pradeep Kumar Pradhan 1,537 1.04 -
BSP Kedarnatha Aruk 1,260 0.85 -
Samruddha Odisha Dr. Kumudini Pattanayak 1,137 0.77 -
Rastrawadi Sena Mahadev Mahanta 702 0.48 -
Independent Akshaya Kumar Dhir 583 0.40 -
RPI(A) Bapi Singh 532 0.36 -
Majority 25,554 17.34[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,47,411 78.06 -

Notes

  1. %of total valid votes

References