Basta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basta
Constituency No. 37 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Balasore
LS constituency	Balasore
Established	1951
Total electors	190,381
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Nityananda Sahoo
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Basta 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]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019			41.96%
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	71,737	41.96	5.73
	INC	Bijan Nayak	59,873	35.02	8.67
	BJP	Raghunath Mohanty	36,874	21.57	14.63
	NOTA	None of the above	441	0.26
		Rest of the Candidates	2,032	1.19
Majority			11,864	6.94
Turnout
	BJD hold		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	-
	BJD hold		Swing

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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