Kendrapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Kendrapara
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Kendrapara
Blocks	Kendrapara, Gogua Pattamundai
Electorate	1,93,764 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Kendrapara
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Sasibhusan Behera
Const. No.	97
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendrapara

Kendrapara (Sl. No.: 97) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Kendrapara, Kendrapara block and 12 Gram panchayats (Alapua, Taradipal, Penthapal, Andara, Baluria, Amrutamanohi, Nilakanthapur, Balipatana, Narasinghpur, Badamulabasanta, Dihapada and Singhagan) of Pattamundai block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			46.93%
2009			52.61%
2004			50.96%
2000			47.90%
1995			52.68%
1990			60.80%
1985			48.28%
1980			52.15%
1977			62.51%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye-Poll in 1952. ^[6]

Elected member from the Kendrapara constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2014: (97): Kishore Chandra Tarai (BJD)
• 2009: (97): Sipra Mallick (BJD)
• 2004: (33): Utkal Keshari Parida (Odisha Gana Parishad)
• 2000: (33): Bed Prakash Agarwal (BJP)
• 1995: (33): Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty (Congress)
• 1990: (33): Bed Prakash Agarwal (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (33): Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty (Congress)
• 1980: (33): Indramani Rout (Congress-I)
• 1977: (33): Bed Prakash Agarwal (Janata Party)
• 1974: (33): Bed Prakash Agarwal (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (31): Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty (PSP)
• 1967: (31): Saroj Kanta Kanungo (PSP)
• 1961: (112): Dhruba Charan Sahu (PSP)
• 1957: (80): Prahalad Malik (Congress)
• 1952: (Bye-Poll): N. Purusottam (Congress)
• 1951: (69): Dinabandhu Sahu (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswara Behera by a margin of 5,431 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kendrapara ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kishore Chandra Tarai	65,037	46.93	-5.68
	INC	Ganeswar Behera	59,606	43.01	3.82
	BJP	Sunakar Behera	9,981	7.2	1.42
	BSP	Akshaya Kumar Malik	1,645	1.19	0.55
	AOP	Jagannath Sethi	729	0.53	-
	CPI(ML)L	Babaji Charan Malik	372	0.27	-0.2
	AAP	Bijan Kumar Mallik	360	0.26	-
	Independent	Rabindra Sethi	171	0.12	-
	NOTA	None	682	0.49	-
Majority			5,431	3.92
Turnout			1,38,583	71.52	5.51
Registered electors			1,93,764
	BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sipra Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ganeswara Behera by a margin of 15,931 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kendrapara ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sipra Mallick	62,436	52.61	-3.92
	INC	Ganeswar Behera	46,505	39.19	-4.28
	BJP	Bijay Kumar Mallick	6,861	5.78	-
	BSP	Ranjan Kumar Mallick	763	0.64	-
	CPI(ML)L	Radhakanta Sethy	552	0.47	-
	Independent	Satya Ranjan Jena	507	0.43	-
	SAMO	Nalini Kumar Gochhayat	467	0.39	-
	OCP	Nityananda Behera	382	0.32	-
	AITC	Bhagirathi Mallick	201	0.17	-
Majority			15,931	13.42 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,18,678	66.01	0.86 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			1,79,787
	BJD gain from NCP

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.15%

References

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