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]

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. 1 2 "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
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