Mahanga Assembly constituency

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

Mahanga
Constituency No. 95 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictCuttack
LS constituencyKendrapara
Established1951
Total electors2,33,950[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndependent
Elected year2024

Mahanga is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.[2]

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]
2024
 
 42.86%
2019
 
 53.13%
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%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.[6]

List of members elected from Mahanga constituency are:[7][8]

Year Member Party
2024 Sarada Prasad Padhan Independent
2019 Pratap Jena BJD
2014 Pratap Jena BJD
2009 Pratap Jena BJD
2004 Bikram Keshari Barma BJD
2000 Sarat Kumar Kar BJD
1995 Sk. Matlub Ali INC
1990 Sarat Kumar Kar JD
1985 Sk. Matlub Ali INC
1980 Sk. Matlub Ali INC
1977 Pradipta Kishore Das JP
1974 Sk. Matlub Ali INC
1971 Sarat Kumar Kar Utkal Congress
1967 Biraja Prasad Ray PSP
1961 Surendranath Patnaik Jana Congress
Constituency didn't exist
1955 (bypoll)[b] Pradipta Kishore Das PSP
1957 Mahammad Attahar INC

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ankit Pratap Jena by a margin of 7,423 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sarada Prasad Padhan 88,632 42.86 Increase42.86
BJD Ankit Pratap Jena 81,209 39.27 Decrease14.00
BJP Sumant Kumar Ghadei 19,481 9.42 Decrease28.99
INC Debendra Kumar Sahoo 14,796 7.15 Decrease0.35
AAP Sarada Prasad Das 543 0.26 N/A
NOTA None of the above 525 0.25 Decrease0.03
Independent Jayanta Kumar Das 467 0.23 N/A
BSP Golam Jilani Khan 442 0.21 N/A
Independent Sriram Pandey 225 0.11 N/A
SP Saralaputra Shreeram Binod Sarangi 132 0.06 N/A
SAMO Pradipta Mohanty 59 0.03 N/A
Majority 7,423 3.59[c] Decrease11.31
Turnout 2,06,802
Independent gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sarada Prasad Pradhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pratap Jena 106,054 53.27 Increase3.94
BJP Sarada Prasad Padhan 76469 38.41 Increase4.43
INC Debendra Kumar Sahoo 14922 7.5 Decrease26.01
NOTA None of the above 564 0.28
Majority 29,585 14.9[d]
Turnout 199062 76.64
Registered electors 2,61,545
BJD hold

2014

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

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pratap Jena 89,531 49.34 Decrease7.48
Independent Sarada Prasad Padhan 61,657 33.98
INC Shaik Matlub Ali 22,297 12.29 Decrease26.01
BJP Samir Kumar Samal 3,572 1.97 Decrease1.87
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 of the above 1,074 0.59 −
Majority 27,874 15.45[e] −
Turnout 1,81,462 76.64
Registered electors 2,36,778
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Shaik Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga[13]
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[f] −
Turnout 1,57,747[g] 70.87 −4.88
Registered electors 2,22,602
BJD hold

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ Resignation of Mahammad Attahar
  3. ^  % of total valid votes
  4. ^ % of total valid votes
  5. ^ % of total valid votes
  6. ^ % of total valid votes
  7. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Mahanga (95) District: Cuttack{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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. ^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ a b "Mahanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. ^ Mohanty, Debabrata (24 July 2019). "Mahanga election result: Naveen Patnaik's longtime bête noire to lose crucial Odisha assembly poll - india news". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  10. ^ "FINAL RESULT SHEET, ADJOURNED ELECTION TO 95-MAHANGA AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 29220
  13. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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