Chikiti Assembly constituency

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

Chikiti
Constituency No. 135 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Chikiti assembly constituency in Ganjam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Berhampur
Established	1967
Total electors	2,16,271 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manoranjan Dyan Samantara
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Chikiti is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha. ^[1]

This constituency includes Chikiti N.A.C., Chikiti Block and Patrapur Block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			49.67%
2019			54.80%
2014			58.76%
2009			52.79%
2004			49.85%
2000			55.63%
1995			46.03%
1990			59.93%
1985			61.74%
1980			35.91%
1977			52.14%

Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Chikiti constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2024 [7]	Manoranjan Dyan Samantara		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [8]	Usha Devi		Biju Janata Dal
2014 [9]
2009 [10]
2004
2000
1995	Chintamani Dyan Samantra		Independent politician
1990	Usha Devi		Janata Dal
1985	Chintamani Dyan Samantra		Indian National Congress
1980			Independent politician
1977	Jagannath Pati		Janata Party
1974	Satchidananda Deo		Indian National Congress
1971			Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Dibakar Patnaik		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13 May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoranjan Dyan Samantara defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Chinmayananda Srirup Deb by a margin of 6,522 votes. ^[7]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Chikiti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoranjan Dyan Samantara	69,839	49.67	10.28
	BJD	Chinmayananda Srirup Deb	63,317	45.03	9.77
	INC	Rabindra Nath Dyan Samantara	2,846	2.02	0.78
	NOTA	None of the above	1,477	1.05	0.04
Majority			6,522	4.64	10.77
Turnout			1,40,619	65.02	1.03
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoranjan Dyan Samantara by a margin of 20,635 votes. ^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Usha Devi	73,353	54.80
	BJP	Manoranjan Dyan Samantara	52,718	39.39
	INC	Subas Raut	3,747	2.80
	NOTA	None of the above	1,355	1.01
Majority			20,635	15.41
Turnout			1,33,846	63.99
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Manoranjan Dyan Samantara by a margin of 32,148 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Usha Devi	74,849	58.76	5.97
	INC	Manoranjan Dyan Samantara	42,701	33.52	5.64
	SKD	Amulya Kumar Sahu	1,058	0.83	−
	BJP	Udaya Nath Pradhan	4,590	3.6	0.17
	NOTA	None of the above	1,203	0.94	−
Majority			32,148	25.24	11.61
Turnout			1,27,373	68.24	7.56
Registered electors			1,86,643
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chintamani Dyan Samantara by a margin of 14,229 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Usha Devi	55,099	52.79	−
	INC	Chintamani Dyan Samantara	40,870	39.16	−
	BJP	Kanhu Charan Pati	3,580	3.43	−
Majority			14,229	13.63 [c]	−
Turnout			1,04,367	60.68 [d]	4.81
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.49%

References

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