Gunupur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Gunupur
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Rayagada
Blocks	Gunupur, Ramanaguda, Padmapur, Chandrapur, Gudari
Electorate	1,92,905 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Gunupur, Gudari
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Raghunath Gomango
Const. No.	138
Reserved for	Scheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Koraput

Gunupur (Sl. No.: 138) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rayagada district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Gunupur, Gudari, Gunupur block, Ramanaguda block, Padmapur block, Chandrapur block and Gudari block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			41.6%
2009			38.62%
2004			41.45%
2000			62.08%
1995			59.28%
1990			56.04%
1985			80.57%
1980			56.19%
1977			60.45%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009 including one Bye election in 1955. ^[6] Elected members from the Gunupur constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2014: (138): Trinath Gomango (BJD)
• 2009: (138): Ramamurty Mutika (BJD)
• 2004: (80): Hemabati Gamang (Congress)
• 2000: (80): Ramurty Gamango (BJP)
• (Bye poll) Bhagirathi Gamang (Indp)
• 1995: (80): Akshya Kumar Gomango (Congress)
• 1990: (80): Ramamurty Gomango (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (80): Bhagirathi Gamang (Congress)
• 1980: (80): Bhagirathi Gamang (Congress-I)
• 1977: (80): Bhagirathi Gamang (Congress)
• 1974: (80): Bhagirathi Gamang (Congress)
• 1971: (76): Bhagirathi Gamang (Jana Congress)
• 1967: (76): Bhagirathi Gamang (Congress)
• 1961: (11): Narasimha Patro (Congress)
• 1957: (9): Narasingha Patra (Congress) and Sanyasi Charan Pidika (Congress)
• 1955: (Bye Poll): Bhagirathi Gamang (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (8): Sabar Dumba (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Gunupur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raghunath Gomango
	INC	Purusottam Gomango
	BJP	Shishir Gamang
	BSP	Kailash Sabar
	Independent	Trinath Gomango
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Trinath Gomango defeated Indian National Congress candidate Purusattam Gomango by a margin of 8,286 votes. ^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Gunupur ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Trinath Gomango	59,527	41.6	2.98
	INC	Purusattam Gomango	52,141	36.44	15.19
	BJP	Ramurty Gomango	15,596	10.9	-0.63
	BSP	Haribandhu Sabar	2,798	1.96	-2.0
	CPI(ML)L	Mandangi Madhava Rao	2,044	1.43	-10.51
	Independent	Damodor Sabar	1,609	1.12
	AOP	Najita Raita	1,519	1.06
	Independent	Lingaraj Gomango	1,454	1.02
	OJM	Bruhaspati Sabar	1,256	0.88
	Independent	Rajeswari Sabar	1,149	0.8
	SKD	Bhagaban Gomango	1,109	0.78
	NOTA	None of the above	2,877	2.01	-
Majority			7,386	5.16	-
Turnout			1,43,079	74.17	13.26
Registered electors			1,92,905
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramamurty Mutika defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sisir Kumar Gamang by a margin of 18,749 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Gunupur ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramamurty Mutika	41,687	38.62	-
	INC	Sisir Kumar Gamang	22,938	21.25	-20.2
	CPI(ML)L	Tripati Gomango	12,890	11.94	-
	BJP	Aswini Gomango	12,441	11.53	-
	Independent	Bhagirathi Gomango	5,979	5.54	-
	BSP	Senapati Kadraka	4,278	3.96	-
	SAMO	Satyanarayana Pratika	3,926	3.64	-
	Independent	Aisanati Sabara	3,795	3.52	-
Majority			18,749	17.37 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,08,841	60.91	1.17 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 59.74%

References

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