Basudevpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basudevpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Bhadrak
Blocks	Basudevpur, Tihidi
Electorate	2,08,618
Major settlements	Basudebpur
Current constituency
Created	1961
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Bijayshree Routray
Const. No.	45
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhadrak

Basudevpur (Sl. No.: 45) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Basudebpur, Basudevpur block and 7 GPs (Bhatapada, Saya, Bahabalpur, Sindol, Kolha, Mukundapur and Maharampur) of Tihidi block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijayshree Routray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Madhabananda Mallick Das by a margin of 6,840 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			46.46%
2009			48.49%
2004			51.01%
2000			55.04%
1995			44.94%
1990			54.44%
1985			48.48%
1980			47.55%
1977			53.66%

13 elections held during 1961 to 2014. Elected members from the Simulia constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (41): Bijayshree Routray (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2009: (41): Bijayshree Routray (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2004: (16): Bijayshree Routray (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2000: (16): Bijayshree Routray (Biju Janata Dal)
• 1995: (16): Bijayshree Routray (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (16): Bijayshree Routray (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (16): Madhu Sadan Panigrahi (Indian National Congress)
• 1980: (16): Jagabandhu Das (Indian National Congress (I))
• 1977: (16): Nilamani Routray (Janata Party)
• 1974: (16): Jagabandhu Das (Indian National Congress)
• 1971: (17): Nilamani Routray (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (17): Harekrushna Mahatab (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (125): Nilamani Routray (Indian National Congres)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijayshree Routray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Madhabananda Mallick by a margin of 6,506 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basudevpur ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Bijayshree Routray	77,781	46.46	-2.03
	INC	Madhabananda Mallick	71,275	42.57	-1.24
	BJP	Dinabandhu Pati	15,339	9.16	2.81
	SP	Ajit Kumar Das	855	0.51
	BSP	Manoj Barik	703	0.42	-0.23
	AAP	Prakash Chandra Gochhait	276	0.16
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Pakal	249	0.15
	Odisha Jana Morcha	Aparna Swain	225	0.13
	NOTA	None	710	0.42	-
Majority			6,506	3.89	-0.79
Turnout			1,67,143	76.78	6.72
Registered electors			2,18,048
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basudevpur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Bijayshree Routray	70,020	48.49	-
	INC	Madhabananda Mallick	64,016	43.88	-
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Sahu	9,277	6.35	-
	Independent	Kabindra Sekhar Fakir Ranjan Das	1,009	0.69	-
	BSP	Satya Sundar Panda	956	0.65	-
Majority			6,840	4.68 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,46,153	70.06	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
7. "Basudevpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf