Khurda (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Khurda
Legislative Assembly of Odisha constituency
District Khordha
Blocks Khordha, Tangi
Electorate 2,13,691[1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements Khordha
Current constituency
Created 1951
Party BJD
MLA Rajendra Kumar Sahoo
Const. No. 117
Lok Sabha Constituencies Bhubaneswar

Khurda (Sl. No.: 117) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.[2]

This constituency includes Khordha, Khurda block and 8 Gram panchayats (Palatotapada, Bajapur, Nijigarhtapanga, Kanpur, Dhaulimuhan, Brajamohanpur, Naranagarh, Godipada, Jankia, Golabaisasan, Orabarasingh, Kuradhamalla, Bangida and Kaipadar) of Khurda block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
  
 45.62%
2009
  
 28.85%
2004
  
 49.70%
2000
  
 34.84%
1995
  
 45.60%
1990
  
 65.37%
1985
  
 67.62%
1980
  
 48.76%
1977
  
 35.50%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye election in 1998.[6] Elected members from the Khurda constituency are: [7][8]

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jyotirindra Nath Mitra by a margin of 6,597 votes. [9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rajendra Kumar Sahoo 72,299 45.62 -
BJP Jyotirindra Nath Mitra 65,702 41.46 19.91
INC Dillip Srichandan 12,202 7.7 -2.18
AOP Prakash Samantaray 2,965 1.87 -
BSP Rajkishore Nayak 762 0.48 -0.2
Independent Debi Prasad Pattnaik 713 0.45 -
Independent Laxmikanta Mishra 654 0.41 -
AAP Sudhir Kumar Mansingh 533 0.34 -
SP Dibakar Maharathy 472 0.3 -
Independent Rudranath Dutta 406 0.26 -
Independent Deepak Kumar Dalasinghray 374 0.24 -
Independent Rajib Lochan Sarangi 274 0.17 -
Independent Pramod Chandra Dash 190 0.12 -
NOTA None 932 0.59 -
Majority 6,597 4.16
Turnout 1,58,478 74.16 12.98
Registered electors 2,13,691
BJD gain from Independent

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo defeated Independent candidate Jyotirindra Nath Mitra by a margin of 3,235 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rajendra Kumar Sahoo 36,407 28.85 -
Independent Jyotirindra Nath Mitra 33,172 26.29 -
BJP Dr. Dillip Srichandan 27,197 21.55 -
INC Sk. Abdul Bari 12,474 9.88 -
CPI(M) Sivaji Patnaik 11,181 8.86 -
Independent Bijay Pradhan 1,963 1.56 -
RSP Sachidananda Behera 1,759 1.39 -
SAMO Rabinarayan Behera 1,185 0.94 -
BSP Sushant Sethi 860 0.68 -
Majority 3,235 2.56[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,26,208 61.18 -3.53 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors 2,06,289
Independent gain from BJD

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 65.51%

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 April 2014. Constituency: Khurda (117) District: Khordha
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "59 - Khurda Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  8. ↑ "Khurda Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Odisha - Khurda". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Khurda (117)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 3235
  13. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf