Narla (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Narla
Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency
District Kalahandi
Blocks Narla, Karlamunda, Madanpur-Rampur, Kesinga
Electorate 1,96,059 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created 1967
Party BJD
MLA Dhaneswar Majhi
Const. No. 81
Reserved for Scheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha Constituencies Kalahandi

Narla (Sl. No.: 81) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Narla block, Karlamunda block, Madanpur-Rampur block and 9 Gram panchayats (Belkhandi, Hatikhoj, Kantesir, Kashurpada, Nunmath, Paralsingha, Sirjapalli, Tundla and Turlakhman) of Kesinga block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
  
 37.73%
2009
  
 36.32%
2004
  
 49.53%
2000
  
 55.22%
1995
  
 36.27%
1990
  
 63.91%
1985
  
 53.16%
1980
  
 56.02%
1977
  
 47.41%

Twelve elections were held between 1967 and 2014. Elected member from the Narla constituency is: [6][7]

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhaneswar Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jagannath Pattnayak by a margin of 15,768 votes. [8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dhaneswar Majhi 56,783 37.73
INC Jagannath Pattnayak 41,015 27.25 -9.07
BJP Artatrana Mohapatra 31,809 21.14 4.91
Independent Arjun Sahoo 2,446 1.63
SKD Hemanta Kumar Das 2,147 1.43
OJM Laxmi Goudia 2,144 1.42
Independent Ashakari Nag 1,681 1.12
BSP Goura Chandra Seth 1,633 1.09
AAP Laxminarayan Panda 1,452 0.96
AOP Manoj Kumar Pattanayak 1,146 0.76
Independent Pravakar Nag 1,039 0.69
KOKD Baidyanath Mishra 949 0.63
Independent Debendra Nayak 858 0.57
CPI(ML) Liberation Udhaba Sahu 854 0.57
Paschimanchal Vikas Party Bhisma Chandra Sahu 849 0.56
Kalinga Sena P. Shankar Reddi 782 0.52
Independent Uchhaba Sahu 648 0.43
Bahujan Mukti Party Mahendra Dhangada Majhi 623 0.41
SAMO Debaraj Sahu 593 0.39
SP Umesh Chandra Sahu 462 0.31
NOTA None 583 0.39 -
Majority 15,768 10.47
Turnout 1,50,496 76.76 5.65
Registered electors 1,96,059
BJD gain from INC

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Srikant Hota by a margin of 27,512 votes.[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhupinder Singh 49,748 36.32 -0.88
BJP Srikant Hota 22,236 16.23 -
Independent Nilamani Sahu 17,044 12.44 -
NCP Zakir Hussain 16,712 12.20 -
Independent Santosh Kumar Mund 12,199 8.91 -
BSP Kailash Chandra Jain 5,141 3.75 -
SP Ashok Kumar Chand 3,928 2.87 -
SAMO Sapan Kumar Pattnaik 3,812 2.78 -
Independent Jagajiban Barik 2,071 1.51 -
CPI(ML) Liberation Judhisti Sa 1,615 1.18 -
Independent Mohan Jani 1,441 1.05 -
Kalinga Sena Suresh Choudhury 1,038 0.76 -
Majority 27,512 20.08[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,37,021 71.11 2.57 [lower-alpha 3]
INC gain from BJD

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 68.54%

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Narla (81) District: Kalahandi
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "100 - Narla (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  7. ↑ "Narla Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Odisha - Narla". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Narla (81)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 27512
  12. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf