Chhatrapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Chhatrapur
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Ganjam
Blocks	Chhatrapur, Ganjam
Electorate	2,03,966 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Rambha
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Priyanshu Pradhan
Const. No.	127
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Berhampur

Chhatrapur (Sl. No.: 127) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Rambha, Chhatrapur block and Ganjam block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			38.33%
2009			44.26%
2004			52.56%
2000			42.59%
1995			40.80%
1990			62.56%
1985			47.76%
1980			47.43%
1977			46.93%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Chhatrapur constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (127): Priyanshu Pradhan (BJD)
• 2009: (127): Adikanda Sethi (CPI)
• 2004: (72): Nagireddy Narayan Reddy (CPI)
• 2000: (72): Rama Chandra Panda (BJP)
• 1995: (72): Daitari Behera (Congress)
• 1990: (72): Parsuram Panda (CPI)
• 1985: (72): Ashok Kumar Choudhury (Congress)
• 1980: (72): Biswanath Sahu (CPI)
• 1977: (72): Biswanath Sahu (CPI)
• 1974: (72): Daitari Behera (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (68): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI)
• 1967: (68): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI)
• 1961: (20): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI)
• 1957: (15): Yatiraj Proharaj (Congress)
• 1951: (102): V . Sitaramaya (Independent)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Kar	53,543	36.02%
	CPI	Pradeep Kumar Sethy	12,766	8.59%
	BSP	Ramahari Behera	1,715	1.15%
	RIM	Natabara Behera	1,324	0.89%
	Independent	Chaitanya Pradhan	982	0.66%
	Independent	Sasmita Kar
	Independent	Surendra Behera
	NOTA	None of the above	1,776	1.19%
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing	22486

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Priyanshu Pradhan defeated Communist Party of India candidate Krushna Chandra Nayak by a margin of 22,019 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Priyanshu Pradhan	53,221	38.33
	CPI	Krushna Chandra Nayak	31,202	22.47	-21.79
	BJP	Dharanidhar Behera	27,511	19.81	-8.61
	INC	Banamali Sethi	21,151	15.23	-5.97
	AAP	Ritu Kumari Sethi	1,271	0.92
	Independent	E. Pramod Kumar	1,177	0.85
	AITC	Natabara Behera	1,111	0.8
	NOTA	None of the above	2,211	1.59	-
Majority			22,019	15.86	0.01
Turnout			1,38,855	68.08	12.85
Registered electors			2,03,966
	BJD gain from CPI

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Communist Party of India candidate Adikanda Sethi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagaban Behera by a margin of 16,557 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Adikanda Sethi	46,244	44.26	-8.3
	BJP	Bhagaban Behera	29,687	28.42	-
	INC	Somanath Behera	22,146	21.20	-
	Independent	Dasarathi Behera	3,789	3.63	-
	SAMO	Natabara Behera	2,605	2.49	-
Majority			16,557	15.85 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,04,507	55.23	-
	CPI hold		Swing	-4.21 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 59.44%

References

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