Nuapada (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Nuapada
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Nuapada
Blocks	Nuapada, Komna
Electorate	2,24,021 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Khariar Road
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Rajendra Dholakia
Const. No.	71
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kalahandi

Nuapada (Sl. No.: 71) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019			39.75%
2014			36.46%
2009			41.62%
2004			36.86%
2000			57.34%
1995			46.49%
1990			64.83%
1985			49.65%
1980			48.35%
1977			59.08%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Nuapada constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019: (71): Rajendra Dholakia (BJD)
• 2014: (71): Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
• 2009: (71): Rajendra Dholakia (BJD)
• 2004: (94): Rajendra Dholakia (Independent)
• 2000: (94): Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
• 1995: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Party)
• 1980: (94): Bhanuprakash Joshi (Congress-I)
• 1977: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Party)
• 1974: (94): Jagannath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1971: (88): Ghasiram Majhi (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (88): Omkara Singh Majhi (Congress)
• 1961: (40): Ghasiram Majhi (Independent)
• 1951: (21): Anup Singh Deo (Congress) and Chaitanya Majhi (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	65,647	39.75	9.75
	INC	Ghasiram Majhi	45,317	27.44	1.54
	BJP	Home Singh Majhi	29,490	17.86	18.6
	Independent	Jadumani Panigrahi	16,535	10.01
	Independent	Lochan Singh Majhi	2,285	1.38
	BSP	Kunti Sahoo	1,835	1.11	0.6
	SKD	Bharat Tripathi	1,410	0.85
	Independent	Bhujbal Adbong	1,133	0.69
	NOTA	None of the above	1,489	0.9
Majority			20,330	12.31
Turnout			165141	73.71
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes. ^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	55,817	36.46	11.39
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	46,207	30.18	11.44
	INC	Ghasi Ram Majhi	39,654	25.90	9.47
	BSP	Kunti Sahoo	2,611	1.71	11.33
	AOP	Iswar Chandra Thakur	1,923	1.26
	OJM	Rangadhar Majhi	1,102	0.72
	AAP	Surendra Prasad Panda	943	0.62
	SP	Lochan Singh Majhi	924	0.6
	Independent	Bharat Das	834	0.54
	SKD	Prabhat Kumar Dharua	654	0.43
	NOTA	None of the above	2,426	1.58	-
Majority			9,610	6.27	-
Turnout			1,53,095	74.4	5.15
Registered electors			2,05,761
	BJP gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda by a margin of 22,620 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	56,874	41.62	-
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	34,254	25.07	-
	INC	Saroj Kumar Sahu	22,450	16.43	-
	BSP	Ghasi Ram Majhi	17,823	13.04	-
	SAMO	Surendra Prasad Panda	3,192	2.34	-
	RPI(A)	Nityananda Bhoi	2,056	1.50	-
Majority			22,620	16.55 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,36,656	69.25	-2.24 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJD gain from Independent

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.49%

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