Mahanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Mahanga
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District Cuttack
Blocks Mahanga, Nischintakoili
Electorate2,33,950 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created1951
Party BJD
MLA Pratap Jena
Const. No.95
Lok Sabha Constituencies Cuttack

Mahanga (Sl. No.: 95) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha. [2]

Contents

This constituency includes Mahanga block and 26 Gram panchayats (Fagola, Ramakrushnpur, Jignipur, Nischintakoili, Narendrapur, Nagaspur, Daudpur, Sukarpada, Asureswar, Taratasasan, Palisahi, Jamara, Orti, Kentalo, Baliapada, Kerilo, Buhalo, Kendupatana, Jhadeswarpur, Bandhakatia, Natakai, Kolanpur, Katikata, Katarpara, Jairampur, Barado and Sarapada) Nischintakoili block. [3] [4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
49.34%
2009
56.82%
2004
53.42%
2000
50.52%
1995
51.69%
1990
57.84%
1985
52.66%
1980
49.05%
1977
63.83%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019 including one Bye election in 1955. [6] Elected members from the Mahanga constituency are: [7] [8]

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan by a margin of 27,874 votes. [8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Pratap Jena89,53149.34-7.48
Independent Sarada Prasad Padhan61,65733.98-
INC Shaik Matlub Ali22,29712.29-26.01
BJP Samir Kumar Samal3,5721.97-1.87
CPI Rakhi Agarwal8550.47-
IndependentMihir Ranjan Jena8100.45-
AAP Bhaskar Chandra Swain6300.35-
BSP Laxmidhar Jena4430.24-
OJM Amar Nayak3430.19-
SKD Laxmipriya Sahoo2440.13-
NOTA None1,0740.59-
Majority27,87415.45 [lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,81,46276.645.77
Registered electors 2,36,778
BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Shaik Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes. [10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Pratap Jena89,62856.82-
INC Shaik Matlub Ali60,40838.30-
BJP Choudhury Pravatkeshari Mishra6,0503.84-
AITC Premalata Rout8900.56-
Kalinga SenaChittaranjan Sahoo7580.48-
Majority29,22018.52 [lower-alpha 3] -
Turnout 1,57,74770.87-4.88 [lower-alpha 4]
Registered electors 2,22,602
BJD hold

Notes

  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. %of total valid votes
  4. 2004 Voter turnout was 75.75%

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