Narla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Narla
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Kalahandi
Blocks	Narla, Karlamunda, Madanpur-Rampur, Kesinga
Electorate	1,96,059 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	1967
Party	BJD
MLA	Bhupinder Singh
Const. No.	81
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kalahandi

Narla (Sl. No.: 81) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Narla block, Karlamunda block, Madanpur-Rampur block and 9 Gram panchayats (Salepali, Belkhandi, Hatikhoj, Kantesir, Kashurpada, Nunmath, Paralsingha, Sirjapalli, Tundla and Turlakhman) of Kesinga block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019			31.12%
2014			37.73%
2009			36.32%
2004			49.53%
2000			55.22%
1995			36.27%
1990			63.91%
1985			53.16%
1980			56.02%
1977			47.41%

Twelve elections were held between 1967 and 2014. Elected member from the Narla constituency is: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019: (81): Bhupinder Singh (BJD)
• 2014: (81): Dhaneswar Majhi (BJD)
• 2009: (81): Bhupinder Singh (Congress)
• 2004: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (BJD)
• 2000: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (BJD)
• 1995: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (100): Kumarmani Sabar (Congress)
• 1980: (100): Tejraj Majhi (Congress-I)
• 1977: (100): Tejraj Majhi (Congress)
• 1974: (100): Anup Singh Deo (Swatantra Party)
• 1971: (94): Gangadhar Madi (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (94): Anchal Majhi (Swatantra Party)

2019 Election result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bhupinder Singh	53,264	31.12	6.61
	BJP	Aniruddha Padhan	44,244	25.85	4.71
	Congress	Chittaranjan Mandal	35,753	20.89	6.36
	Independent	Durga Prasad Mohanty	22,020	12.87
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Pattanayak	5,777	3.38
	Independent	Kedar Nath Rana	3,698	2.16
	API	Gabhira Suna	1,682	0.98
	BSP	Pravakar Nag	1,597	0.93	0.16
	CPI(ML)L	Durjyodhan Das	900	0.53	0.04
	BMP	Mahendra Dhangada Majhi	968	0.57	0.16
	NOTA	None of the above	1,236	0.72
Majority			15,768	10.48
Turnout
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhaneswar Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jagannath Pattnayak by a margin of 15,768 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dhaneswar Majhi	56,783	37.73
	Congress	Jagannath Pattnayak	41,015	27.25	-9.07
	BJP	Artatrana Mohapatra	31,809	21.14	4.91
	Independent	Arjun Sahoo	2,446	1.63
	SKD	Hemanta Kumar Das	2,147	1.43
	OJM	Laxmi Goudia	2,144	1.42
	Independent	Ashakari Nag	1,681	1.12
	BSP	Goura Chandra Seth	1,633	1.09
	AAP	Laxminarayan Panda	1,452	0.96
	AOP	Manoj Kumar Pattanayak	1,146	0.76
	Independent	Pravakar Nag	1,039	0.69
	KOKD	Baidyanath Mishra	949	0.63
	Independent	Debendra Nayak	858	0.57
	CPI(ML)L	Udhaba Sahu	854	0.57
	Paschimanchal Vikas Party	Bhisma Chandra Sahu	849	0.56
	Kalinga Sena	P. Shankar Reddi	782	0.52
	Independent	Uchhaba Sahu	648	0.43
	BMP	Mahendra Dhangada Majhi	623	0.41
	SAMO	Debaraj Sahu	593	0.39
	SP	Umesh Chandra Sahu	462	0.31
	NOTA	None of the above	583	0.39	-
Majority			15,768	10.47
Turnout			1,50,496	76.76	5.65
Registered electors			1,96,059
	BJD gain from Congress

2009 Election result

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Srikant Hota by a margin of 27,512 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Bhupinder Singh	49,748	36.32	-0.88
	BJP	Srikant Hota	22,236	16.23	-
	Independent	Nilamani Sahu	17,044	12.44	-
	NCP	Zakir Hussain	16,712	12.20	-
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Mund	12,199	8.91	-
	BSP	Kailash Chandra Jain	5,141	3.75	-
	SP	Ashok Kumar Chand	3,928	2.87	-
	SAMO	Sapan Kumar Pattnaik	3,812	2.78	-
	Independent	Jagajiban Barik	2,071	1.51	-
	CPI(ML)L	Judhisti Sa	1,615	1.18	-
	Independent	Mohan Jani	1,441	1.05	-
	Kalinga Sena	Suresh Choudhury	1,038	0.76	-
Majority			27,512	20.08 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,37,021	71.11	2.57 [lower-alpha 3]
	Congress gain from BJD

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 68.54%

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