Digapahandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Digapahandi (Sl. No.: 134) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

Digapahandi
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Ganjam
Blocks	Digapahandi, Kukudakhandi
Electorate	1,87,134 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Digapahandi
Current constituency
Created	1967
Party	BJD
MLA	Surya Narayan Patro
Const. No.	134
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Berhampur

This constituency includes Digapahandi, Digapahandi block and 16 Gram panchayats (Rohigam, Baulajholi, Kukudakhandi, Masiakhali, Jagadalpur, Ankushpur, Dakshinapur, Ballipada, Dengapadar, Bontapalli, Anantayi, Lathi, Mohuda, Kankia, Sahala and Baghalati) of Kukudakhandi block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2014			61.46%
2009			61.75%

Four elections were held between 1957 and 2014. Elected members from the Digapahandi constituency are:[5][6]

• 2014: (134): Surya Narayana Patro (BJD)
• 2009: (134): Surya Narayana Patro (BJD)
• 1961: (15): Raghunath Mahapatra (Indian National Congress)
• 1957: (12): Anangamanjari Devi (Congress) and Mohana Nayak (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Surya Narayan Patra
	INC	Prafulla Panda
	BJP	Pinky Pradhan
	BSP	Pabitra Kumar Tripathy
	ANC	Bhagaban Sahoo
	Independent	Uttam Kumar Panigrahy
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate Saka Sujit Kumar by a margin of 45,897 votes.[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Surjya Narayan Patro	78,949	61.46	-0.29
	INC	Saka Sujit Kumar	33,052	25.73	-5.0
	BJP	Bijaya Kumar Swain	7,771	6.05	2.15
	CPI (M)	Bidyadhar Jena	2,399	1.87
	AAP	Kuresh Maharana	1,949	1.52
	Independent	Pratap Kumar Sethy	1,119	0.87
	SKD	Bandana Maharana	830	0.65
	NOTA	None of the above	2,397	1.87	-
Majority			45,897	35.73	4.71
Turnout			1,28,466	68.65	5.83
Registered electors			1,87,134
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surya Narayana Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 32,763 votes.[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Surya Narayana Patro	65,219	61.75	-
	INC	V. Rabi Narayan Raju	32,456	30.73	-
	BJP	Shreedhar Dev	4,119	3.90	-
	Independent	Saka Balaji	2,288	2.17	-
	SAMO	Promod Sabat	1,542	1.46	-
Majority			32,763	31.02[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,05,630	62.82	-

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Digapahandi (134) District: Ganjam
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Digapahandi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
9. "Odisha - Digapahandi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Digapahandi (134)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 32763
12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf