Ganjam district is a district in the Indian state of Odisha. Ganjam's total area is 8,206 km² (3,168 mi²). The district headquarters is Chhatrapur. Ganjam is divided into three sub-divisions Chhatrapur, Berhampur, and Bhanjanagar. The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908 lists Ganjam, along with the Thanjavur and South Canara districts, as the three districts of the Madras Presidency where Brahmins were most numerous. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Odisha.
Kendujhar is a town with municipality in Kendujhar District in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district, and it is one of the fifth scheduled areas of Odisha.
Kantabanji (KBJ) is a Municipality in Balangir district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Kabisuryanagar is a town and a NAC in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Nilagiri is a town and a Notified Area Council in Balasore district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Ghasipura is a census town and an administrative block in the Anandapur Subdivision of Kendujhar District, Odisha, India. It lies on the way from Bhubaneswar to Kendujhar at a distance of 160 km from the former and 80 km from the later. The whole block comprises 179 villages including the village Ghasipura.
Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Keonjhar constituency of Odisha and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party.
Hinjili is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.
Champua is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district. Area of this constituency includes Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs of Champua block.
Ghasipura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district. Area of this constituency include Ghatgaon, Ghatagaon block, Ghasipura block and 2 GPs of Anandapur block.
Keonjhar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district. Area of this constituency includes Keonjhar, 12 GPs of Jhumpura block and 5 GPs of Banspal block.
Jeypore is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha.
Sanatan Mahakud is a politician from Odisha, India. He represents the Champua since the year 2014.
Jitu Patnaik is a politician from Odisha, India. He represented the Champua between the year 2009 to 2014. In the year 2009 he won the Champua seat from his nearest rival Sanatan Mahakud by a paltry margin of 145 votes, the thinnest in the State.
Mohan Charan Majhi is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He also represented the Keonjhar twice during the years 2000 to 2009.
Prasanna Pattnaik is an Indian politician and the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA of Odisha. He has been elected three times to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Kamakhyanagar constituency.
The 2019 Odisha assembly election, held between April 11 and April 29, was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases, the polls coincided with the Lok Sabha elections. Vote counting for the assembly election took place on May 23, concluding before the previous Odisha Assembly's term expiration on June 11.
Bhagabat Behera (1940–2002) was an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a close associate of Biju Patnaik, and was also a former Cabinet Minister and 5-time MLA from Nayagarh in the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985.
Kapil Narayan Tiwari was an Indian activist and politician who served in the Orissa Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1980, representing the Khariar Assembly constituency. Initially elected as an independent, Tiwari joined the Indian National Congress (I) during his tenure in the assembly.
