Kuchinda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Kuchinda
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Sambalpur
Blocks	Kuchinda, Bamra, Jamankira
Electorate	2,16,570
Major settlements	Kuchinda
Current constituency
Created	1967
Party	BJD
MLA	Kishore Chandra Naik
Const. No.	15
Reserved for	Scheduled tribe
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sambalpur

Kuchinda (Sl. No.: 15) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district. ^[1] Area of this constituency include Kuchinda, Kuchinda block, Bamra block and Jamankira block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2019			41.71%
2014			43.44%
2009			39.01%

13 elections held during 1967 to 2019. List of members elected from this constituency are: ^{[4] [5]}

• 2019: (15): Kishore Chandra Naik (BJD)
• 2014: (15): Rabinarayan Naik (BJP)
• 2009: (15): Rajendra Kumar Chhatria (Congress)
• 2004: (132): Rabinarayan Naik (BJP)
• 2000: (132): Rabinarayan Naik (BJP)
• 1995: (132): Panu Chandra Nayak (Congress)
• 1990: (132): Brundaban Majhi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress)
• 1980: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress-I)
• 1977: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress)
• 1974: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress)
• 1971: (118): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (118): Kahnei Singh (Swatantra Party)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election,Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 3,508 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kuchinda ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kishore Chandra Naik	72601	41.71	12.28
	INC	Sovaram Padhan	24795	14.24	-6.57
	BJP	Rabi Narayan Naik	69093	39.69	-3.75
	BSP	Ratha Munda	1930	1.11	-0.44
	AAP	Abhilas Prasant Manki	950	0.55	-0.28
	HND	Padmini Bhoi	784	0.45	-
	Independent	Sankar Bagh	1105	0.63	-
	NOTA	None of the above	2805	1.61	-0.22
Majority			3508	2.02
Turnout			174063	80.37
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabinarayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhubaneswar Kisan by a margin of 22,064 votes. ^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kuchinda ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rabinarayan Naik	46,345	43.44	14.53
	BJD	Bhubaneswar Kisan	68,409	29.43	8.08
	INC	Rajendra Kumar Chhatria	32,770	20.81	-18.2
	BSP	Deepak Pradhan	2,445	1.55	-0.12
	JMM	Binod Toppo	1,732	1.1	-1.5
	AOP	Padmalochan Majhi	1,602	1.02
	AAP	Linkan Kumar Kindo	1,306	0.83
	NOTA	None	2,886	1.83	-
Majority			22,064	14.09	-
Turnout			1,57,495	81.53
Registered electors			1,93,175
	BJP gain from INC

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabinarayan Naik by a margin of 12,712 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kuchinda ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajendra Kumar Chhatria	49,112	39.01	-
	BJP	Rabinarayan Naik	36,400	28.91	-
	BJD	Brundaban Majhi	26,885	21.35	-
	JMM	Istiphan Topno	3,273	2.60	-
	Independent	Sadananda Kujur	3,070	2.44	-
	BSP	Gopinath Naik	2,098	1.67	-
	SAMO	Banthu Kechhua	1,537	1.22	-
	KOKD	Minasi Majhi	1,382	1.10	-
	Independent	Bipra Charan Bagh	1,269	1.01	-
	Independent	Gajendra Bhoi	870	0.69	-
Majority			12,712	10.10 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,25,916	67.43	-
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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