Patkura Assembly constituency

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

Patkura
Constituency No. 96 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendrapara
LS constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	2,37,599 [1] [a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arvind Mohapatra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Patkura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Derabish block, Garadapur and 7 Gram panchayats (Jalapoka, Karilopatna, Aitipur, Jamapada, Mehendinagar, Bachharai and Bandhakata) of Marshaghai block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			49.64%
2019			53.91%
2014			56.42%
2009			49.12%
2004			49.57%
2000			55.47%
1995			50.83%
1990			72.41%
1985			48.74%
1980			52.86%
1977			65.50%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1980. ^[5]

List of members elected from Patkura constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Arabinda Mohapatra [8]		BJD
2019	Sabitri Agrawal [9]		BJD
2014	Bed Prakash Agrawal		BJD
2009	Bed Prakash Agrawal		BJD
2004	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		BJD
2000	Trilochan Behera		AITC
1995	Bijoy Mohapatra		JD
1990	Bijoy Mohapatra		JD
1985	Bijoy Mohapatra		JP
1980 (bypoll) [b]	Bijoy Mohapatra		JP(S)
1980	Biju Patnaik		JP(S)
1977	Prahlad Mallik		JP
1974	Rajakishore Nayak		Utkal Congress
1971	Rajakishore Nayak		Utkal Congress
1967	Chakradhar Satpathy		PSP
1961	Lokanath Misra		INC
1957	Lokanath Misra		INC
1951	Lokanath Misra		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Arvind Mahapatra	90,905	49.64	3.87
	BJP	Tejeswar Parida	77,083	42.09	1.77
	INC	Ratikanta Kanungo	12,091	6.60	5.42
	AAP	Ashok Kumar Tripathy	1,404	0.77
	NOTA	None of the above	564	0.31	0.10
Majority			13,822
Turnout			183,132
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sabitri Agarwall defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijoy Mohapatra by a margin of 17,920 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sabitri Agarwalla	96,030	53.91	−
	BJP	Bijoy Mohapatra	78,132	43.86	−
	INC	Jayanta Kumar Mohanty	2,106	1.18	−
	NOTA	None of the above	368	0.21	−
Majority			17,655	10.05	−
Turnout			1,78,130	72.78	−
Registered electors			2,44,747
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bed Prakash Agarwal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jayanta Kumar Mohanty by a margin of 47,715 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bed Prakash Agarwal	89,853	56.42	−
	INC	Jayanta Kumar Mohanty	42,138	26.46	−
	BJP	Manas Ranjan Mohanty	21588	13.56	−
	NOTA	None of the above	908	0.57	−
Majority			47,715	29.96	−
Turnout			1,59,260	69.9	−
Registered electors			2,27,826
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bed Prakash Agarwal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijoy Mohapatra by a margin of 26,735 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Patkura ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bed Prakash Agarwal	71,725	49.12
	BJP	Bijoy Mohapatra	44,990	30.81	−
	INC	Narayan Prasad Swain	26,131	17.89
	BSP	Narayan Prasad Jena	1,085	0.74	−
Majority			26,735	18.31 [c]	−
Turnout			1,46,064	68.57	−
Registered electors			2,13,025
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Resignation of Biju Patnaik
3. % of total valid votes

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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5. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. "Patkura Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
8. "Election Commission of India". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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. Mohanty, Debabrata (24 July 2019). "Patkura election result: Naveen Patnaik's longtime bête noire to lose crucial Odisha assembly poll - india news". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
12. "FINAL RESULT SHEET, ADJOURNED ELECTION TO 96-PATKURA AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
13. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 26735
14. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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