Laxmipur Assembly constituency

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

Lakshmipur (ST)
Constituency No. 141 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
LS constituency	Koraput
Established	1974
Total electors	1,53,538 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pabitra Saunta
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Lakshmipur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha. ^[2]

Map of Lakshmipur Constituency

This constituency includes Laxmipur block, Dasamanthapur block, Bandhugaob block and Narayanpatana block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
1977			52.11%
1980			66.94%
1985			61.51%
1990			49.91%
1995			68.17%
2000			50.85%
2004			46.66%
2008 (bypoll)			41.11%
2009			32.47%
2014			46.1%
2019			34.02%
2024			41.77%

Since its formation in 1974, 14 elections were held till date including in two bypoll in 1999 & 2008 . ^[6]

List of members elected from Laxmipur constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

Year	Member	Party
1974	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
1977	Akhilo Saunta		Janata Party
1980	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Akhilo Saunta		Janata Dal
1995	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
1999 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 2]	Giridhar Gomango
2000	Bibhisana Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
2004	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress
2008 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 3]	Purna Chandra Majhi
2009	Jhina Hikaka		Biju Janata Dal
2014	Kailash Chandra Kulesika		Indian National Congress
2019	Prabhu Jani [9]		Biju Janata Dal
2024	Pabitra Saunta		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[10] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Pabitra Saunta defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhu Jani by a margin of 21,262 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Lakshmipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pabitra Saunta	59,447	41.77	7.92
	BJD	Prabhu Jani	38,185	26.83	7.19
	BJP	Kailash Chandra Kulesika	23,505	16.52	2.26
	NOTA	None of the above	5633	3.96
Majority			21,262	14.94
Turnout			1,42,303	81.71	5.25
	INC gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prabhu Jani defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kailash Chandra Kulesika by a margin of 229 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Lakshmipur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prabhu Jani	45,211	34.02
	INC	Kailash Chandra Kulesika	44982	33.85
	BJP	Kumuda Chandra Saunta	18945	14.26
	BSP	Anita Sagaria	12344	9.29
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Purna Mandingi	4370	3.29
	NOTA	None of the above	7026	5.29
Majority			229	0.17
Turnout			132878	76.46
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Kailash Chandra Kulesika defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Hema Gamang by a margin of 22,473 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Lakshmipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kailash Chandra Kulesika	53,429	46.1
	BJD	Hema Gamang	30,956	26.7
	BJP	Shiba Muduli	9,527	8.2
	NOTA	None of the above	4,069	2.69
Majority			22,473	18.7
Turnout			1,19,949	77.33
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jhina Hikaka defeated Indian National Congress candidate Hema Gamang by a margin of 3,406 votes.

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Lakshmipur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jhina Hikaka	25,095	32.47	0.92
	INC	Hema Gamang	21,689	28.06	-18.6
	Independent	Kailash Chandra Kulesika	7,577	9.80	-
	BSP	Gupteswar Jani	5,267	6.82	-
	BJP	Gopinath Kadatasia	5,078	6.57	-
	Independent	Kendruka Arjuna	4,165	5.39	-
	SAMO	Dambarudhar Jani	2,803	3.63	-
	CPI(ML)L	Birendra Meniaka	1,929	2.50	-
	RPI(A)	Dandasi Tripati	1,926	2.49	-
	Independent	Akhila Saunta	1,755	2.27	-
Majority			3,406	4.41 [lower-alpha 4]	-
Turnout			77,290	53.52	-
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	10.54 [lower-alpha 5]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Resignation of Anantaram Majhi
3. Death of Anantaram Majhi
4. % of total valid votes
5. 2004 Voter turnout was 64.06%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Laxmipur (141) District: Koraput
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "83 - Lakshmipur (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
8. "Laxmipur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
9. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
10. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
11. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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