Khunta | |
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Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Mayurbhanj |
Lok Sabha constituency | Mayurbhanj |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 2008 |
Reservation | ST |
Khunta was a Assembly constituency from Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. [1] It was established in 1951 and abolished in 1956. [2] It was revived in 1961 [3] and abolished in 2008. After 2008 delimitation, It was subsumed by the Baripada Assembly constituency. [4] This constituency was reserved for Schedule Tribes.
The extent of Khunta constituency comprised Khunta police station of Kaptipada sub-division, and Similipal and Kuliana police stations of Sadar sub-division. [1]
Between 1951 & 2008, 12 elections were held. [5]
List of members elected from Khunta constituency are:
Year | Member | Party | |
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1951 | Shakilla Sharen | Socialist Party | |
1957-1961: Constituency didn't exist | |||
1961 | Prasanna Kumar Dash | Praja Socialist Party | |
1967 | Harachand Hansda | Praja Socialist Party | |
1971 | Bira Bhadra Singh | Utkal Congress | |
1974 | Ramesh Soren | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
1985 | Biram Murmu | Indian National Congress | |
1990 | Birabhadra Singh | Janata Dal | |
1995 | Saraswati Hembram | Indian National Congress | |
2000 | Golak Bihari Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Socialist | Shakilla Sharen | 7,985 | 53.47% | ||
INC | Dhyan Chandra Tudu | 6,949 | 46.53% | ||
Turnout | 14,934 | 30.71% | |||
Registered electors | 48,625 | ||||
Margin of victory | 1,036 | 6.94% | ![]() | ||
Socialist win (new seat) |