Ghasipura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Ghasipura
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Kendujhar
Blocks	Ghasipura, Ghatgaon, Anandpur
Electorate	2,20,501
Major settlements	Ghatgaon
Current constituency
Created	2009
Party	BJD
MLA	Badri Narayan Patra
Const. No.	21
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendujhar

Ghasipura (Sl. No.: 21) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district. ^[1] Area of this constituency include Ghatgaon, Ghatagaon block, Ghasipura block and 2 GPs (Dhakotha and Kolimati) of Anandapur block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019			49.98%
2014			66.03%
2009			52.85%

This constituency was created in 2009. Three election held here from2009 to 2019. Elected member from Ghasipura Vidhan Sabha constituency is: ^[4]

• 2019: Badrinarayan Patra (BJD)
• 2014: Badrinarayan Patra (BJD)
• 2009: Badrinarayan Patra (BJD)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 32,668 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	86,816	49.98	16.55
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	54,128	31.16	23.87
	BJP	Prithviraj Kuanr	27,579	15.88	3.57
	AIFB	Rabinarayan Hota	573	0.33	-
	HND	Kishor Kumar Palei	867	0.5	-
	Kalinga Sena	Jagabandhu Mahanta	743	0.43	-1.56
	Independent	Sukumar Puhan	1,425	0.82	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1,579	0.91	-0.22
Majority			32668	18.80
Turnout			173710 [6]	78.78
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satyabrata Panda by a margin of 88,602 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	108,900	66.03	13.18
	BJP	Satyabrata Panda	20298	12.31	5.74
	BSP	Bijaya Kumar Rana	1168	0.71	-0.14
	INC	Prithviraj Kuanr	12018	7.29	-28.22
	Kalinga Sena	Jagabandhu Mahanta	3279	1.99
	AAP	Pramod Kumar Sahoo	899	0.55
	Biju SD	Hemanta Kumar Nayak	664	0.4
	Independent	Rama Chandra Behera	15849	9.61
	NOTA	None	1856	1.13	-
Registered electors			197858
	BJD hold		Swing

2009 Election

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 25,554 votes. ^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Ghasipura ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badrinarayan Patra	77,890	52.85	-
	INC	Niranjan Patnaik	52,336	35.51	-
	BJP	Santosh Kumar Rout	9,689	6.57	-
	Independent	Rabinarayan Hota	1,706	1.16	-
	Independent	Pradeep Kumar Pradhan	1,537	1.04	-
	BSP	Kedarnatha Aruk	1,260	0.85	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Dr. Kumudini Pattanayak	1,137	0.77	-
	Rastrawadi Sena	Mahadev Mahanta	702	0.48	-
	Independent	Akshaya Kumar Dhir	583	0.40	-
	RPI(A)	Bapi Singh	532	0.36	-
Majority			25,554	17.34 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,47,411	78.06	-
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Constituency: Ghasipura (21) District : Keonjhar
2. "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
3. "Seats of Odisha".
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
5. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
6. "Odisha Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
7. "Ghasipura Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 145
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.