Champua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Champua
Former Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Kendujhar
Blocks	Joda, Champua
Electorate	1,88,379
Major settlements	Champua, Joda, Barbil
Former constituency
Created	1951
businessman	bzusbshdib
Party	Independent
Const. No.	25
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendujhar

Champua (Sl. No.: 25) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district. ^[1] Area of this constituency include Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs (Kodagadia, Jamudalak, Rajia, Kalikaprasad, Rimuli, Badanai, Sarei, Champua, Kutariposi, Sunaposi, Karanjia, Rangamatia, Uchabali, Bhanda, Kashipal, Padua and Chandrasekharpur) of Champua block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2014 election Independent candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate the oriya comedy king Tatwa Prakash Satpathy (Papu Pom Pom) by a margin of appro. 14000 votes, while in previous 2009 election Independent candidate Jitu Patnaik, defeated then Indian National Congress candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of only 145 votes. ^[4] g

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009			22.10%
2004			39.02%
2000			34.70%
1995			40.72%
1990			73.30%
1985			47.42%
1980			35.68%
1977			58.65%

14 elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from Champua Vidhan Sabha constituency are: ^[6]

• 2014: (25): Sanatan Mahakud (Independent)
• 2009: (25): Jitu Patnaik (Independent)
• 2004: (142): Dhanurjay Sidu (Congress)
• 2000: (142): Saharai Oram (Independent)
• 1995: (142): Dhanurjay Laguri (Congress)
• 1990: (142): Saharai Oram (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (142): Dhanurjay Laguri (Congress)
• 1980: (142): Saharai Oram (Janata-S)
• 1977: (142): Saharai Oram (Janata Party)
• 1974: (142): Gurucharan Nayak (Congress)
• 1971: (127): Saharai Oram (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (127): Kshetra Mohan Nayak (Swatantra)
• 1961: (67): Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (46): Rajaballav Mishra (Ganatantra Parishad) and Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (40): Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Minakshi Mahanta	89,525	53.02
	INC	Jadumani Barik	4,217	2.5
	BJP	Murali Manohar Sharma	63,117	37.38
	BSP	Kailash Chandra Tanti	2,002	1.19
	CPI(ML)L	Pancharatna Mahakud
	ABHM	Dinabandhu Kar
	RIM	Purna Chandra Mahanta
	AIFB	Ratikanta Parida
	BMP	Rajen Munda
	HND	Sushil Kumar Mahanta
	Kalinga Sena	Ganga Mahakud
	Independent	Gurubux Singh Ahluwalia
	Independent	Trilochan Palei
	Independent	Mahendra Kumar Giri
	Independent	Srimanta Kumar Tripathy
	Independent	Sahadev Behera
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Md Azhar Imam
	BJD	Papu Pom Pom
	BJP	Girish Chandra Mahanta
	INC	Kshetra Mohan Mahanta
	CPI	Bidyadhar Mahanta
	RIM	Purna Chandra Mahanta
	BMP	Shyam Sundar Purty
	Independent	Kusha Apat
	Independent	Benudhara Behera
	Independent	Bhabani Mahanta
	Independent	Sanatan Mahakud
	NOTA	None of the above			-
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jitu Patnaik	27,700	22.10	-
	INC	Sanatan Mahakud	27,555	21.98	-
	Independent	Kusha Apat	26,280	20.96	-
	BJP	Murali Manohar Sharma	18,881	15.06	-
	CPI	Bidyadhar Mahanta	9,356	7.46	-
	Independent	Buta Singh	1,856	1.48	-
	BSP	Chittaranjan Naik	1,517	1.21	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Keshaba Mahanta	1,389	1.11	-
	Independent	Purna Chandra Mahanta	1,246	0.99	-
	JMM	Laxman Kumar Sethy	1,150	0.92	-
	Independent	Sanjita Naik	1,035	0.83	-
	Independent	Deepak Maharana	936	0.75	-
	Independent	Bhabani Mahanta	872	0.70	-
	Independent	Prabhupada Mishra	823	0.66	-
	Independent	Abhimanyu Mahanta	690	0.55	-
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Mahanta	682	0.54	-
	Independent	Ashok Mahanta	633	0.50	-
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Kshitish Chandra Mahanta	605	0.48	-
	Independent	Arabinda Behera	589	0.47	-
	Independent	Akhila Kumar Mahanta	550	0.44	-
	SP	Yadumani Patra	543	0.43	-
	Independent	Akhleswar Giri	464	0.37	-
Majority			145	0.12 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,25,363	66.55	-

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 20 February 2014.
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