Banki (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Banki
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Cuttack
Blocks	Banki, Banki-Dampada, Barang
Electorate	1,88,489 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Banki
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	DEVI RANJAN TRIPATHY
Const. No.	88
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Cuttack

Banki (Sl. No.: 88) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Banki, Banki block, Banki-Dampada block and eight Gram panchayats (Narajmarthapur, Ramdaspur, Madhupur, Belagachhia, Dadhapatana, Kunheipada, Mundali and Sribantapur) of Barang block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009			54.79%
2004			49.38%
2000			57.60%
1995			48.63%
1990			56.08%
1985			61.34%
1980			43.14%
1977			53.69%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009. Elected members from the Banki constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2009: (88): Pravata KumarTripathy (BJD)
• 2004: (46): Debasis Pattnaik (Congress)
• 2000: (46): Pravata KumarTripathy (BJD)
• 1995: (46): Pravata KumarTripathy (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (46): Ghanashyam Sahoo (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (46): Akshaya Kumar Patnaik (Congress)
• 1980: (46): Akshaya Kumar Patnaik (Congress-I)
• 1977: (46): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Congress)
• 1974: (46): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Independent)
• 1971: (43): Gokulananda Prahataj (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (43): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Independent)
• 1961: (96): Gokulananda Prahataj (PSP)
• 1957: (67): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Congress)
• 1951: (80): Gokulananda Prahataj (Socialist)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Banki ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Devi Ranjan Tripathy	4,405	30%
	BJP	Subhransu Mohan Padhi	2,250	17%
	INC	Debasis Patnaik	6,580	53%
	SUCI(C)	Aravinda Behera	120
	RIM	Joginath Sahoo	222
	Independent	Nalini Kumar Ray	50
	Independent	Sangram Keshari Samanta Singhar	88
	NOTA	None of the above	66
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Banki ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Ritanjali Samal	1336	0.91	-
	AOP	Kamalakanta Praharaj	1037	0.71	-
	AITC	Narendra Kumar Moharana	281	0.19	-
	BJD	Pravata Kumar Tripathy	85632	58.69	-
	BJP	Ajaya Kumar Swain	8663	5.93	-
	INC	Rabindra Kumar Mallick	42009	28.76	-
	Independent	Biranchi Kumar Moharana	700	0.48	-
	Independent	Hemant Devata	300	.21	-
	Independent	Jajati Kesari Pattanayak	0.30	438	-
	Independent	Subhransu Mohan Padhi	4251	2.91	-
	Independent	Utkalmani Mantry	326	0.22	-
	NOTA	None	986	0.68	-
Registered electors			1,88,489

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pravata KumarTripathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debasis Patnaik by a margin of 23,445 votes. ^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Banki ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pravata KumarTripathy	70,731	54.79	-
	INC	Debasis Patnaik	47,286	36.63	-
	BJP	Subhransu Mohan Padhi	8,056	6.24	-
	BSP	Kamala Kanta Praharaja	962	0.75	-
	Independent	Biranchi Kumar Moharana	696	0.54	-
	SAMO	Ananta Narayan Mishra	561	0.43	-
	Independent	Pravata Sethy	416	0.32	-
	RPI(A)	Abakash Naik	386	0.30	-
Majority			23,445	18.16 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,29,095	71.52	-
Registered electors			1,80,508
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	-0.69 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 72.21%

References

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3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
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6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. "Banki Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.