Chandabali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Chandabali
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Bhadrak
Blocks	Chandabali, Tihidi
Electorate	1,96,539
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Byomkesh Ray
Const. No.	47
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhadrak

Chandabali (Sl. No.: 47) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Chandabali, Chandabali block and 8 GPs (Daulatapur, Bamanbindha, Harisinghpur, Jamjodi, Rajnagar, Barasar, Sahapur and Gobindapur) of Tihidi block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Byomkesh Ray defeated Bharatiya Janata party candidate Manmohan Samal by a margin of 8080 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Chandabali constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

• 2019: (47): Byomkesh Ray (BJD)
• 2014: (47): Byomkesh Ray (BJD)
• 2009: (47): Bijaya Nayak (BJD)
• 2004: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress)
• 2000: (21): Bishnu Charan Sethi (BJP)
• 1995: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress)
• 1990: (21): Bairagi Jena (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress)
• 1980: (21): Netrananda Mallick (Congress-I)
• 1977: (21): Gangadhar Das (Janata Party)
• 1974: (18): Manmohan Das (Congress)
• 1971: (20): Gangadhar Das (Congress)
• 1967: (20): Manmohan Das (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (122): Bairagi Jena (Congress)
• 1957: (86): Nandakishore Jena (Congress)
• 1952: (60): Brundaban Das (Congress)
• 1952: (60): Chakradhar Behera (Congress) ^[7]

Election Results

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Byomkesh Ray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Amiya Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 24,883 votes. ^[8]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Byomkesh Ray	68,557	43.99	0.42
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	43,674	28.02	-9.87
	BJP	Manmohan Samal	38,952	24.99	13.97
	CPI	Upendra Kumar Roul	1,687	1.08
	AOP	Biswakeshari Mohanty	1,249	0.8
	SP	Gangadhar Bal	426	0.27
	CPI(ML)L	Samarendra Bal	345	0.22
	AAP	Debadutta Mohanty	257	0.16
	OJM	Ranjan Panda	173	0.11
	NOTA	None	539	0.35	-
Majority			24,883	15.96	10.29
Turnout			1,55,859	76.8	8.51
Registered electors			2,02,953
	BJD hold

2009

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Chandabali ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijaya Nayak	58,467	43.57	-
	INC	Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	50,854	37.89	-
	BJP	Purna Chandra Pani	14,784	11.02	-
	Independent	Sangram Keshari Rout	6,085	4.53	-
	Independent	Biswa Keshari Mohanty	2,847	2.12	-
	BSP	Surya Ranjan Mishra	595	0.44	-
	Independent	Rabi Narayan Mohapatra	571	0.43	-
Majority			7,613	5.67 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,34,220	68.29	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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2. "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
3. "Seats of Odisha".
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5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
6. "Chandbali Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
7. "MLA Chakradhar Behera Profile | CHANDABALI Constituency". odishahelpline.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Odisha - Chandabali". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Chandabali (47)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.