Bhawanipatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhawanipatna (Sl. No.: 80) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Bhawanipatna.

Bhawanipatna
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictKalahandi
BlocksBhawanipatna, Kesinga
Electorate2,04,764 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsBhawanipatna, Kesinga
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJP
MLAPradeep Naik
Const. No.80
Reserved forNone
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesKalahandi

This constituency includes Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda, Chahagaon, Karlapada, Chheliamal, Kalam, Karlaguda, Thuapadar, Dadpur, Deypur, Gudialipadar, Kamthana, Kuliamal, Gand-Barajhola, Medinipur, Seinpur, Palsijharan, Udepur, Matia, Borda, Kendupati, Gurujung, Borbhata, Dumuria, Artal and Palana) of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs (Adhamunda, Balsi, Boria, Chancher, Deogaon, Fatakmal, Gaigaon, Gokuleswar, Kandel, Kikia, Kundabandha, Laitara, Nasigaon, Pastikudi, Patharla, Sirol and Utkela) of Kesinga block.[3][4]

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Naik won from this constituency.

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009
 
 36.47%
2004
 
 49.24%
2000
 
 55.91%
1995
 
 23.94%
1990
 
 49.33%
1985
 
 45.51%
1980
 
 71.99%
1977
 
 52.67%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye election in 1957.[6] Elected members from the Bhawanipatna constituency are:[7][8]

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dusmanta Naik
INC Sagar Charan Das
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik
BSP Mangal Pal
API Chandra Mani Mahananda
BMP Rishi Sudan Chhatrapal
Independent Jugeswar Naik
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Anam Naik
AAP Damayanti Mahanand
AOP Sarat Chandra Naik
BJP Dayanidhi Naik
BSP Chitrasen Chhatria
INC Dusmanta Naik
NCP Yudha Sunani
SP Lalu Nial
PVP Usha Nag
SKD Kaishab Bihari
API Baidya Nath Behera
OJM Manoj Naik
BMP Rishisudan Chhatrapal
SAMO Surya Narayan Kumar
Kalinga Sena Hemabanti Naik
SWJP Lingaraj Azad
Independent Baisnab Charan Naik
NOTA None of the above -
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dusmanta Naik 46,215 36.47 -4.92
BJP Pradipta Kumar Naik 44,020 34.73 -14.51
BJD Jayanta Kumar Naik 25,733 20.30
BSP Khageswar Naik 2,975 2.35 -
Independent Anjali Mangaraj 2,754 2.17 -
SAMO Ramani Duria 2,302 1.82 -
SP Aswini Chandan 1,542 1.22 -
Kalinga Sena Hemanta Kumar Tandi 1,194 0.94 -
Majority 2,195 1.73[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,26,809 64.33 -
INC gain from BJP Swing 0.97[lower-alpha 3]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 63.36%

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Bhawanipatna (80) District: Kalahandi
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "99 - Bhawanipatna (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Bhawanipatna Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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