Kuchinda Assembly constituency

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Kuchinda
Constituency No. 16 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
DivisionNorthen Division
District Sambalpur
Lok Sabha constituency Sambalpur
Established1967
Total electors2,22,709 [a] [b]
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Rabi Narayan Naik 2024.jpg
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Kuchinda is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district. [1]

Contents

Area of this constituency includes Kuchinda, Kuchinda block, Bamra block and Jamankira block. [2] [3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024
51.83%
2019
41.71%
2014
43.44%
2009
39.01%
2004
49.4%
2000
52.43%
1995
53.47%
1990
62.05%
1985
79.06%
1980
76.18%
1977
52.18%

Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Kuchinda constituency are: [4] [5]

YearMember [6] Party
2024 [7] Rabi Narayan Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [6] [8] Kishore Chandra Naik Biju Janata Dal
2014 [4] [9] Rabi Narayan Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 [10] Rajendra Kumar Chhatria Indian National Congress
2004 Rabi Narayan Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
1995 Panu Chandra Naik Indian National Congress
1990 Brundaban Majhi Janata Dal
1985 Jagateswar Mirdha Indian National Congress
1980 Indian National Congress (I)
1977 Indian National Congress
1974
1971 Indian National Congress (R)
1967 Kanhai Singh Swatantra Party

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. [11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria by a margin of 32,220 votes. [7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 95,716 51.83 Increase2.svg 12.14
BJD Rajendra Kumar Chhatria63,49634.39
INC Kedarnath Bariha21,28511.53
NOTA None of the above2,7821.51
Majority 32,22017.44
Turnout 1,84,66182.92
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 3,508 votes. [8] [6]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Kishore Chandra Naik 72,601 41.71 Increase2.svg12.28
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 69,09339.69Decrease2.svg3.75
INC Sovaram Padhan24,79514.24Decrease2.svg6.57
NOTA None of the above2,8051.61Decrease2.svg0.22
Majority 3,5082.02
Turnout 17406380.37
BJD gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhubaneswar Kisan by a margin of 22,064 votes. [9] [4]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 68,409 43.44 Increase2.svg14.53
BJD Bhubaneswar Kisan46,34529.43Increase2.svg8.08
INC Rajendra Kumar Chhatria32,77020.81Decrease2.svg18.2
NOTA None of the above2,8861.83
Majority 22,06414.09
Turnout 1,57,49581.53
Registered electors 1,93,175
BJP gain from INC

2009

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

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rajendra Kumar Chhatria 49,112 39.01
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 36,40028.91
BJD Brundaban Majhi26,88521.35
Majority 12,71210.10 [c]
Turnout 1,25,91667.43
INC gain from BJP

Notes

  1. as on 2024
  2. as data published by election commission
  3. % of total valid votes

References

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  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  8. 1 2 Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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  10. 1 2 "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 12712
  11. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
  12. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  13. "Odisha - Kuchinda". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  14. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kuchinda (15)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  15. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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