Ghasipura Assembly constituency

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

Ghasipura
Constituency No. 21 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
LS constituency	Keonjhar
Established	2009
Total electors	220,501
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Badri Narayan Patra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Ghasipura 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]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			43.96%
2019			49.98%
2014			66.03%
2009			52.85%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Ghasipura constituency is: ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Badri Narayan Patra		BJD
2019	Badri Narayan Patra [6] [7]		BJD
2014	Badri Narayan Patra		BJD
2009	Badri Narayan Patra		BJD

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Ghasipura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	82,516	43.96	6.02
	Independent	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik	68,705	36.60	new
	BJP	Shambhunath Rout	23,813	12.69	3.19
	Independent	Debendra Nath Swain	2,897	1.54
	INC	Subrat Kumar Chakra	2,807	1.50	29.66
	NOTA	None of the above	1,844	0.98	0.07
Majority			13,811
Turnout			187,707
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

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 ^[9]

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
Majority			32668	18.80
Turnout			173710 [10]	78.78
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 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 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan Patra	108,900	66.03	13.18
	BJP	Satyabrata Panda	20298	12.31	5.74
	INC	Prithviraj Kuanr	12018	7.29	28.22
	BSP	Bijaya Kumar Rana	1168	0.71	0.14
	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			197,858
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 25,554 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Ghasipura ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Badri Narayan 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

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7. Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
8. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 145
13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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