Pipili (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Pipili
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Puri
Blocks	Pipili, Delanga
Electorate	2,07,162 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Pipili
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Rudra Pratap Maharathy
Const. No.	110
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Puri

Pipili (Sl. No.: 110) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Pipili, Pipili block and Delanga block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009			49.14%
2004			52.08%
2000			56.25%
1995			50.22%
1990			66.35%
1985			43.61%
1980			39.83%
1977			49.73%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009. Elected member from the Pipili constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2021: (ByPoll): Rudra Pratap Maharathy (BJD)
• 2019: (110): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 2014: (110): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 2009: (110): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 2004: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 2000: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (BJD)
• 1995: (52): Yudhistir Samantray (Congress)
• 1990: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (52): Pradeep Maharathy (Janata Party)
• 1980: (52): Bipin Bihari Das (Congress-I)
• 1977: (52): Kiran Lekha Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (52): Bipin Bihari Dash (Congress)
• 1971: (48): Abhimanyu Ran Singh (Congress)
• 1967: (48): Banamali Patnaik (Jana Congress)
• 1961: (93): Ramchandra Patnaik (Congress)
• 1957: (65): Gopinath Bhoi (Congress)
• 1951: (85): Jayakrushna Mohanty (Congress)

Election Results

2021 By-election

Bye-election, 2021: Pipili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rudra Pratap Maharathy	96,972	53.60	2.94
	BJP	Ashrit Pattanayak	76,056	42.04	0.42
	INC	Bishwokeshan Harichandan Mohapatra	4,261	2.36	3.27
	CPI(ML)L	Ashok Pradhan	898	0.5	0.19
	ABHM	Jayaprakash Sethi	455	0.25	-
Majority			20,916	11.56	-
Turnout			1,81,066	78.62
	BJD hold

2019 Election Result

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Pipili ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy	88,518	50.66	0.53
	BJP	Ashrit Pattanayak	78,731	41.62	36.87
	INC	Ajit Mangaraj	9,830	5.63	24.80
	CPI(ML)L	Ashok Pradhan	1,214	0.69	0.41
	BSP	Ahemad Khan	949	0.54
	NOTA	None of the above	867	0.50
	SUCI(C)	Padmacharan Jena	626	0.36
Majority			15,787	9.07
Turnout			1,74,875	76.43
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Pipili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy	82,550	51.19	-
	INC	Yudhistir Samantray	49,076	30.43	-
	Independent	Ashrit Pattanayak	18,000	11.16	-
	BJP	Prafulla Prasad Gajendra	7,656	4.75	-
	CPI(ML)L	Satyapriya Behera	1,782	1.10	-
Majority			33,474	20.76	-
Turnout			1,61,290	77.27
	BJD hold		Swing

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Maharathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Judhistir Samantaray by a margin of 12,505 votes. ^[9]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Pipili ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy	74,112	49.14	-2.94
	INC	Judhistir Samantaray	61,607	40.85	-2.73
	BJP	Ajit Mangaraj	11,138	7.39	-
	Independent	Shyam Sundar Chhotaray	1,998	1.32	-
	CPI(ML)L	Ashok Pradhan	1,386	0.92	-
	SP	Sudarsan Pradhan	568	0.38	-
Majority			12,505	8.29 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,50,809	73.43	-
	BJD hold		Swing	0.04 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 73.39%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Pipili (110) District: Puri
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "52 - Pipili Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). orissa.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
7. "Pipili Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 12505
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.