Badasahi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Badasahi
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Mayurbhanj
Blocks	Badasahi, Betnoti
Electorate	1,50,007
Current constituency
Created	2009
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Sanatan Bijuli
Const. No.	32
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

Badasahi (Sl. No.: 32) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Betnoti block and 21 GPs (Badasahi, Balabhadrapur, Bhimda, Bireswarpur, Chandanpur, Chhelia (A), Deulia, Durgapur, Jogniugaon, Kendudiha, Kochilakhuntha, Madhapur, Mangovindpur, Manitri, Patisari, Paunsia, Salgaon, Sialighaty, Suhagpur, Talapada and Pratappur) of Badasahi block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Manoranjan Sethi, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswar Patra by a margin of 15,499 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Only one election held during 2009. List of members elected from Badasahi Vidhan Sabha constituency is: ^[5]

• 2009: (20): Manoranjan Sethi (BJD)
• 2014: Ganeswar Patra (BJD)

Election results

2014 Election

2014 General Election, Badasahi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Rabindra Nath Sethi
	AITC	Harish Chandra Behera
	BJD	Ganeswar Patra
	BJP	Brundaban Das		42%
	BSP	Moheswar Sethi
	INC	Jaminikanta Naik
	CPI	Sarat Chandra Mukhi
	SKD	Basudev Behera
	RIM	Radhashyam Patra
	OJM	Banalata Behera
	Independent	Debanarayan Patra
	Independent	Bikash Chandra Sethi
Registered electors

2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Badasahi ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manoranjan Sethi	48,382	45.27	-
	INC	Ganeswar Patra	32,883	30.77	-
	Independent	Manas Ranjan Behera	9,113	8.53	-
	JMM	Kshirod Chandra Patra	8,051	7.53	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Anupama Dandapat	2,224	2.08	-
	Independent	Luna Kishore Dalei	1,412	1.32	-
	Independent	Rabindra Nath Sethi	1,165	1.09	-
	Independent	Maheswar Sethi	1,075	1.01	-
	BSP	Satyabhama Sethi	1,019	0.95	-
	Janhitkari Party	Dillip Kumar Kand	873	0.82	-
	SP	Mrutyunjay Sethi	681	0.64	-
Majority			15,499	14.50 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,06,878	71.25	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 8 February 2014. Constituency: Badasahi (32) District : Mayurbhanj
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014. 15499
5. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.