Mohana Assembly constituency

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

Mohana (ST)
Constituency No. 136 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Gajapati
LS constituency	Berhampur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,43,522
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dasarathi Gomango
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Mohana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Gajapati district, Odisha, India. ^[1]

Map of Mohana Constituency

This constituency includes Nuagada Block, Mohana Block, R.Udayagiri Block. ^{[2] [3]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
1977			41.21%
1980			40.59%
1985			64.48%
1990			62.12%
1995			43.08%
1995			43.08%
2000			58.62%
2004			47.60%
2009			33.63%
2014			29.88%
2019			33%
2024			34.64%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Mohana constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
1961	Biswanath Nayak		Indian National Congress
1967	Tareni Sardar
1971	Bhimasena Mandolo		Indian National Congress
1974	Uday Narayan Dev		Utkal Congress
1977			Lok Dal
1980			Janata Party
1985	Sarat Kumar Jena		Indian National Congress
1990	Surjya Narayan Patro		Biju Janata Dal
1995
2000
2004
2009	Chakradhar Paik		Indian National Congress
2014	Basanti Mallick		Biju Janata Dal
2019	Dasarathi Gomango [7] [8]		Indian National Congress
2024

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. ^[9] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanta Mallick by a margin of 4,059 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dasarathi Gamango	62,117	34.64	1.64
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Mallick	58,058	32.38	4.38
	BJD	Antarjyami Gamanga	47,386	26.43	4.57
	NOTA	None of the above	4,317	2.41
Majority			4,059	2.26
Turnout			1,79,307	71.2	4.46
	INC hold

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Purnabasi Nayak by a margin of 2354 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dasarathi Gamango	53,705	33
	BJD	Purnabasi Nayak	51,351	31
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Mallik	46,176	28
	BSP	Sudam Raita	2,222	1
	ANC	Damodar Raita	1,291	1
	CPI(ML)L	Jakub Karjee	1,465	1
	Independent	Amson Mallick	3,423	2
	Independent	Bharat Paik	1,440	1
	NOTA	None of the above	2,898	2
Majority			2354	2
Turnout			163971	75.66
	INC gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Basanti Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango by a margin of 115 votes. ^[11]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Basanti Mallick	43,006	29.88	11.85
	INC	Dasarathi Gamango	42,891	29.8	3.83
	BJP	Bharat Paik	39,625	27.53	5.29
	Independent	Chakradhara Paik	5,417	3.76
	CPI(M)	Dondo Pani Raito	3,182	2.21
	AOP	Pabitra Gamango	2,265	1.57
	AITC	Haladhar Karjee	1,524	1.06
	OJM	Raghunath Badamundi	1,224	0.85
	CPI(ML)L	Purna Chandra Bhuyan	1,205	0.84
	NOTA	None of the above	3,604	2.5	−
Majority			115	0.08	0.74
Turnout			1,43,943	74.73	8.47
Registered electors			1,92,613
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chakradhar Paik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Antarjami Gamanga by a margin of 35,484 votes.

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chakradhar Paik	37,697	33.63	−
	BJP	Antarjami Gamanga	36,780	32.82	−
	BJD	Johan Dalabehera	20,206	18.03	−
	Independent	Gomango Majhi	4,508	4.02	−
	SAMO	Theophil Gamango	2,095	1.87	−
	Kalinga Sena	Rabin Mandal	1,705	1.52	−
Majority			917	0.82 [lower-alpha 1]	−
Turnout			1,12,087	66.26	−
	INC gain from BJD		Swing	1.45 [lower-alpha 2]

Notes

1. % of total valid votes
2. 2004 Voter turnout was 64.81%

References

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