Basta (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basta
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Basta, Baliapal
Electorate	1,90,381
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Nityananda Sahu
Const. No.	37
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

Basta (Sl. No.: 37) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Baliapal block and 11 GPs (Mukulishi, Brahmanda, Sadanandapur, Baharda, Rautpada, Mathani, Sahada, Naikudi, Gadapada, Darada and Irda) of Basta block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jaynarayan Mohanty margin of 6433 votes. ^[4]

Nityananda Sahu of Mukulishi village is pious person, Trilochan Behera elected as a Zilla Parishada in Basta Block.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			47.69%
2009			50.68%
2004			55.83%
2000			53.36%
1995			47.34%
1990			46.23%
1985			67.84%
1980			52.77%
1977			56.66%

Sixteen(16) elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Basta constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019:(37) : Nityananda Sahoo (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2014: (37): Nityananda Sahoo (BJD)
• 2009: (37): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
• 2004: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
• 2000: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
• 1995: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (13): Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra (Congress)
• 1980: (13): Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (13): Maheswar Baug (Janata Party)
• 1974: (13): Chintamani Jena (Congress)
• 1971: (13): Chintamani Jena (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (13): Chintamani Jena (Congress)
• 1961: (128): Maheswar Baug (PSP)
• 1958: (Bye-election): Akshaya Narayan Praharaj (Congress)
• 1957: (91): Akshaya Narayan Praharaj (Congress)
• 1951: (53): Trilochan Senapati (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Nityananda Sahoo
	INC	Bijan Nayak
	BJP	Raghunath Mohanty
	AITC	Nandan Pal
	AAP	Saroj Kumar Roul
	Forward Bloc	Laxmidhar Giri
	BMP	Mrutyunjay Dey
	Independent	Ajaya Kumar Nayak
	Independent	Manas Das
	Independent	Sachindra Das
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jay Narayan Mohanty by a margin of 6,433 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Nityananda Sahoo	76,737	47.69	-2.99
	INC	Jay Narayan Mohanty	70,304	43.69	-0.51
	BJP	Shyama Prasad Behera	11,165	6.94	3.73
	AITC	Madan Mohan Jena	690	0.43
	BSP	Pramod Kumar Pattayat	590	0.37	0.03
	AAP	Saroj Kumar Roul	447	0.28
	SP	Ramakanta Panda	199	0.18
	Independent	Gourab Kumar Andia	186	0.12
	NOTA	None of the above	604	0.38	-
Majority			6,433	39.97	33.48
Turnout			1,60,922	80.14	2.96
Registered electors			2,00,793
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Raghunath Mohanty	74,472	50.68	-
	INC	Jaynarayan Mohanty	64,942	44.20	-
	BJP	Arabinda Behera	4,713	3.21	-
	Independent	Judhisthira Jena	987	0.67	-
	JMM	Kamal Lochan Barik	797	0.54	-
	Jan Hitkari Party	Ramesh Swain	523	0.36	-
	BSP	Sadasiv Sethi	498	0.34	-
Majority			9,530	6.49 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,46,933	77.18	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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