Hindol (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Hindol
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Dhenkanal
Blocks	Hindol, Odapada
Electorate	2,14,729
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	SEEMARANI NAYAK
Const. No.	56
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Dhenkanal

Hindol (Sl. No.: 56) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Hindol block and Odapada block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anjali Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rebati Behera by a margin of 15,039 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019			50.93%
2014			49.92%
2009			44.83%
2004			48.22%
2000			62.54%
1995			48.29%
1990			78.31%
1985			67.18%
1980			43.49%
1977			52.06%

12 elections held during 1951 to 2014 including a by-poll in 1993. ^[6] Elected members from the Hindol constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2019: (56): Seemarani Nayak (BJD)
• 2014: (56): Seemarani Nayak (BJD)
• 2009: (56): Anjali Behera (BJD)
• 2004: (117): Anjali Behera (BJD)
• 2000: (117): Anjali Behera (BJD)
• 1995: (117): Maheswara Naik (Congress)
• 1993: (Bye-Poll): Patta Nayak (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (117): Trinath Naik (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (117): Rabinarayan Naik (Congress)
• 1980: (117): Trinath Naik (JNP (SC))
• 1977: (117): Trinath Naik (Janata Party)
• 1974: (117): Bhagirathi Naik (Congress)
• 1951: (14): Arakhita Nayak (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Simarani Nayak	93980	50.93
	INC	Trinath Behera	9366	5.08
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Nayak	75075	40.69
	BSP	Chandan Naik	1470	0.80
	HND	Bijaya Kumar Behera	1343	0.73
	Independent	Nrusingha Charan Naik	1193	0.65
	NOTA	None of the above	2098	1.14
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Seemarani Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Laxmidhar Behera by a margin of 50,499 votes. ^[10]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Seemarani Nayak	84,351	49.92	5.09
	BJP	Laxmidhar Behera	33,852	20.03	2.81
	INC	Namita Naik	30,978	18.33	-15.32
	Independent	Anjali Behera	12,304	7.28
	AOP	Trinath Behera	2,309	1.37
	Ambedkarbadi Party	Sabita Naik	1,120	0.66
	AAP	Biranchi Narayan Nayak	827	0.49
	SKD	Bijaya Kumar Behera	511	0.3
	NOTA	None of the above	2,722	1.61	-
Majority			50,499	29.88	18.7
Turnout			1,68,974	74.06	11.81
Registered electors			2,28,159
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hindol ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Anjali Behera	60,291	44.83	-3.39
	INC	Rebati Behera	45,252	33.65	-
	BJP	Laxmidhar Behera	23,157	17.22	-
	BSP	Golekh Bihari Naik	1,657	1.23	-
	Independent	Narayan Nayak	1,215	0.90	-
	RPD	Narayan Naik	1,090	0.81	-
	SAMO	Puspanjali Nayak	970	0.72	-
	SP	Suresh Chandra Naik	865	0.64	-
Majority			15,039	11.18 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,34,530	62.25	-
	BJD hold		Swing

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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