Kakatpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Kakatpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
"Kakatpur from Odisha capital Bhubaneswar "
District	Puri
Blocks	Kakatpur, Astarang, Gop
Electorate	2,20,522 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Konark
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	BJD
MLA	Tusharkanti Behera
Const. No.	105
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jagatsinghpur

Kakatpur (Sl. No.: 105) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha. ^[2] This constituency includes Konark, Kakatpur block, Astarang block and 13 Gram panchayats (Jangalbori, Birtung, Baulanga, Desthali, Dhumala, Sorava, Mahalapada, Achutapur, Banakhandi, Simmili, Sutan, Tarakora and Badagaon) of Gop block. ^{[3] [4]}

Kakatpur is also a famous spiritual place . Maa Mangala Temple in Kakatpur is a famous Devi Peeth. This is a 15th-century temple and a symbol of the ancient heritage of Kalinga. Devi Peeth is Kaktpur Mangala in the Puri District, near river Prachi. Maa Mangala was residing in the river Prachi and manifested herself through a boatman and the temple was built for her worship. Though the temple is around 600 years old, Maa mangala has a very ancient history related to Lord Jagannaths nava kalevar.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			57.42%
2009			52.57%
2004			46.31%
2000			55.89%
1995			47.76%
1990			56.21%
1985			49.64%
1980			47.09%
1977			62.56%

Fifteen elections were held between 1957 and 2019. Elected member from the Kakatpur constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019: (105): Tusharkanti Behera (BJD)
• 2014: (105): Surendra Sethi (BJD)
• 2009: (105): Rabi Mallick (BJD)
• 2004: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD)
• 2000: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD)
• 1995: (54): Baikunthanath Swain (Congress)
• 1990: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Party)
• 1980: (54): Baikunthanath Swain (Congress-I)
• 1977: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Party)
• 1974: (54): Brundaban Patra (Congress)
• 1971: (50): Surendra Nath Naik (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (50): Gati Krushna Swain (CPI)
• 1961: (94): Upendra Mohanty (Congress)
• 1957: (66): Bharat Das (CPI)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Tusharkanti Behera	91,897	53.68	-3.74
	INC	Biswabhusan Das	46,206	26.99	-4.24
	BJP	Rabi Mallick	30,771	17.98
	NOTA	None of the above	736	0.43
Majority			45,691
Turnout			170,889
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rabindra Kumar Sethy by a margin of 41,030 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Surendra Sethi	89,963	57.42	4.85
	INC	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	48,933	31.23	3.67
	BJP	Tusharkanti Behera	12,093	7.72	4.69
	CPI	Kamal Kumar Behera	3,609	2.3	-
	CPI(ML)L	Sanjay Kumar Kandi	722	0.46	-
	OJM	Madhab Mallik	513	0.33	-
	NOTA	None	838	0.53	-
Majority			41,030	26.19	-
Turnout			1,56,671	71.05	5.41
Registered electors			2,20,522
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 15,221 votes. ^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabi Mallick	74,114	52.57	6.26
	INC	Biswa Bhusan Das	58,893	27.56	-
	BJP	Iswar Chandra Behera	4,273	3.03	-
	Independent	Narendra Kumar Behera	1,411	1.00	-
	BSP	Prasant Kumar Rout	727	0.52	-
	Independent	Dwarika Nath Dash	625	0.44	-
	Independent	Bhagaban Sethy	489	0.35	-
	Independent	Laxmidhar Kandi	459	0.33	-
Majority			15,221	10.80 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,41,062	65.64	-5.74 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.38%

References

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