Bhawanipatna (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhawanipatna
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Kalahandi
Blocks	Bhawanipatna, Kesinga
Electorate	2,04,764 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Bhawanipatna, Kesinga
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJP
MLA	Pradeep Naik
Const. No.	80
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kalahandi

Bhawanipatna (Sl. No.: 80) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda, Chahagaon, Karlapada, Chheliamal, Kalam, Karlaguda, Thuapadar, Dadpur, Deypur, Gudialipadar, Kamthana, Kuliamal, Gand-Barajhola, Medinipur, Seinpur, Palsijharan, Udepur, Matia, Borda, Kendupati, Gurujung, Borbhata, Dumuria, Artal and Palana) of Bhawanipatna block and 17GPs (Adhamunda, Balsi, Boria, Chancher, Deogaon, Fatakmal, Gaigaon, Gokuleswar, Kandel, Kikia, Kundabandha, Laitara, Nasigaon, Pastikudi, Patharla, Sirol and Utkela) of Kesinga block. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Naik won from this constituency.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009			36.47%
2004			49.24%
2000			55.91%
1995			23.94%
1990			49.33%
1985			45.51%
1980			71.99%
1977			52.67%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye election in 1957. ^[6] Elected members from the Bhawanipatna constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 1951: (18): J . C . Singh Deo (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (26): Karunakar Bhoi (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (Bye Poll): C. S. Pradhan (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1961: (34): Anchal Majhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1967: (93): Dayanidhi Naik (Congress)
• 1971: (93): Dayanidhi Naik (Jana Congress)
• 1974: (99): Jagamohan Nayak (Swatantra Party)
• 1977: (99): Dayanidhi Naik (Congress)
• 1980: (99): Dayanidhi Naik (Congress-I)
• 1985: (99): Bhakta Charan Das (Janata Party)
• 1990: (99): Ajit Das (Janata Dal)
• 1995: (99): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)
• 1995: (99): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)
• 2000: (99): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)
• 2004: (99): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)
• 2009: (80): Dusmanta Naik (Congress)
• 2014: (80): Anam Naik (BJD)
• 2019: (80): Pradipta Kumar Naik (BJP)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Dusmanta Naik
	INC	Sagar Charan Das
	BJP	Pradipta Kumar Naik
	BSP	Mangal Pal
	API	Chandra Mani Mahananda
	BMP	Rishi Sudan Chhatrapal
	Independent	Jugeswar Naik
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Anam Naik
	AAP	Damayanti Mahanand
	AOP	Sarat Chandra Naik
	BJP	Dayanidhi Naik
	BSP	Chitrasen Chhatria
	INC	Dusmanta Naik
	NCP	Yudha Sunani
	SP	Lalu Nial
	PVP	Usha Nag
	SKD	Kaishab Bihari
	API	Baidya Nath Behera
	OJM	Manoj Naik
	BMP	Rishisudan Chhatrapal
	SAMO	Surya Narayan Kumar
	Kalinga Sena	Hemabanti Naik
	SWJP	Lingaraj Azad
	Independent	Baisnab Charan Naik
	NOTA	None of the above			-
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bhawanipatna ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Dusmanta Naik	46,215	36.47	-4.92
	BJP	Pradipta Kumar Naik	44,020	34.73	-14.51
	BJD	Jayanta Kumar Naik	25,733	20.30
	BSP	Khageswar Naik	2,975	2.35	-
	Independent	Anjali Mangaraj	2,754	2.17	-
	SAMO	Ramani Duria	2,302	1.82	-
	SP	Aswini Chandan	1,542	1.22	-
	Kalinga Sena	Hemanta Kumar Tandi	1,194	0.94	-
Majority			2,195	1.73 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,26,809	64.33	-
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.97 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 63.36%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Bhawanipatna (80) District: Kalahandi
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "99 - Bhawanipatna (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
8. "Bhawanipatna Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf

External links

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