Mahanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mahanga (Sl. No.: 95) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.[2]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous village, see Mahanga.

Mahanga
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictCuttack
BlocksMahanga, Nischintakoili
Electorate2,33,950[1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLAPratap Jena
Const. No.95
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesCuttack

This constituency includes Mahanga block and 26 Gram panchayats (Fagola, Ramakrushnpur, Jignipur, Nischintakoili, Narendrapur, Nagaspur, Daudpur, Sukarpada, Asureswar, Taratasasan, Palisahi, Jamara, Orti, Kentalo, Baliapada, Kerilo, Buhalo, Kendupatana, Jhadeswarpur, Bandhakatia, Natakai, Kolanpur, Katikata, Katarpara, Jairampur, Barado and Sarapada) Nischintakoili block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates[5]
2014
 
 49.34%
2009
 
 56.82%
2004
 
 53.42%
2000
 
 50.52%
1995
 
 51.69%
1990
 
 57.84%
1985
 
 52.66%
1980
 
 49.05%
1977
 
 63.83%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019 including one Bye election in 1955.[6] Elected members from the Mahanga constituency are:[7][8]

  • 2019: (95): Pratap Jena (BJD)
  • 2014: (95): Pratap Jena (BJD)
  • 2009: (95): Pratap Jena (BJD)
  • 2004: (40): Bikram Keshari Barma (BJD)
  • 2000: (40): Sarat Kumar Kar (BJD)
  • 1995: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress)
  • 1990: (40): Sarat Kumar Kar (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress)
  • 1980: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (40): Pradipta Kishore Das (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (40): Shaik Matlub Ali (Congress)
  • 1971: (39): Sarat Kumar Kar (Utkal Congress)
  • 1967: (39): Biraj Parasad Roy (PSP)
  • 1961: (104): Surendranath Patnaik (Congress)
  • 1955: (Bye Poll):Pradipta Kishore Das (PSP)
  • 1951: (77): Mahammad Attahar (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pratap Jena 89,531 49.34 -7.48
Independent Sarada Prasad Padhan 61,657 33.98 -
INC Shaik Matlub Ali 22,297 12.29 -26.01
BJP Samir Kumar Samal 3,572 1.97 -1.87
CPI Rakhi Agarwal 855 0.47 -
Independent Mihir Ranjan Jena 810 0.45 -
AAP Bhaskar Chandra Swain 630 0.35 -
BSP Laxmidhar Jena 443 0.24 -
OJM Amar Nayak 343 0.19 -
SKD Laxmipriya Sahoo 244 0.13 -
NOTA None 1,074 0.59 -
Majority 27,874 15.45[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,81,462 76.64 5.77
Registered electors 2,36,778
BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Shaik Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes.[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pratap Jena 89,628 56.82 -
INC Shaik Matlub Ali 60,408 38.30 -
BJP Choudhury Pravatkeshari Mishra 6,050 3.84 -
AITC Premalata Rout 890 0.56 -
Kalinga Sena Chittaranjan Sahoo 758 0.48 -
Majority 29,220 18.52[lower-alpha 3] -
Turnout 1,57,747 70.87 -4.88[lower-alpha 4]
Registered electors 2,22,602
BJD hold

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. %of total valid votes
  4. 2004 Voter turnout was 75.75%

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: Mahanga (95) District: Cuttack
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "40 - Mahanga Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 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. "Mahanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf
  10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 29220
  11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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