Sukinda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Sukinda
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Jajpur
Blocks	Sukinda, Danagadi
Electorate	1,61,168
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Pritiranjan Gharai
Const. No.	54
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jajpur

Sukinda (Sl. No.: 54) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Sukinda block and Danagadi block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			48.20%
2014			39.84%
2009			47.71%
2004			51.17%
2000			63.04%
1995			45.81%
1990			54.50%
1985			38.68%
1980			42.42%
1977			40.04%

17 elections held during 1951 to 2019 including a bye-election in 1955. ^[5] Elected members from the Sukinda constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019: (54): Pritiranjan Gharai (BJD)
• 2014: (54): Pritiranjan Gharai (BJD)
• 2009: (54): Prafulla Chandra Ghadai (BJD)
• 2004: (23): Prafulla Chandra Ghadai (BJD)
• 2000: (23): Prafulla Chandra Ghadai (BJD)
• 1995: (23): Prafulla Chandra Ghadai (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (23): Prafulla Chandra Ghadai (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (23): Sarat Rout (Congress)
• 1980: (23): Sarat Rout (Congress-I)
• 1977: (23): Ananda Manjari Devi (Janata Party)
• 1974: (23): Sanatan Deo (Congress)
• 1971: (22): Sanatan Deo (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (22): Ananda Manjari Devi (Forward Bloc)
• 1961: (117): Baidhar Singh (CPI)
• 1955: (61, Bye poll): N. C. Pati (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1951: (61): Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra (Independent)

Summary of results of the 2019 Election

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Gharai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Bal Samanta a margin of 16,730 votes. ^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sukinda ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pritiranjan Gharai	77,510	48.20
	BJP	Pradip Bal Samanta	60,780	37.79
	Congress	Sarat Raut	18,619	11.58
	Independent	Umesh Chandra Khilar	6,314	4.33
	Kalinga Sena	Jadumani Mohanta	237	0.15
	Independent	Dwijendra Kumar Ghose	289	0.18
	ANC	Dipaka Kumar Nayak	505	0.31
	Independent	Subhakanta Mohanty	331	0.21
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Behera	313	0.19
	Independent	Sandip Chakra	467	0.29
	NOTA	None	941	0.59
Majority			16,730	8.52	5.3
Turnout			1,45,890	79.61	-5.11
Registered electors			1,96,255
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2014 Election

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Gharai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sarat Raut a margin of 4,704 votes. ^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sukinda ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pritiranjan Gharai	58,122	39.84	-7.87
	Congress	Sarat Raut	53,418	36.62	-9.14
	Independent	Pradip Bal Samanta	17,927	12.29
	AOP	Rabindranath Jarika	6,314	4.33
	BJP	Abhina Kumar Hota	3,738	2.56	0.59
	Bahujan Mukti Party	Chakradhar Haibru	1,017	0.7
	Independent	Dwijendra Kumar Ghose	856	0.59
	BSP	Braja Kishore Mallik	846	0.58	-1.01
	AAP	Dipaka Kumar Nayak	828	0.57
	Independent	Surjit Rout	576	0.39
	Independent	Ashok Behera	575	0.39
	Independent	Prafulla Patra	347	0.24
	Independent	Subhakanta Mohanty	332	0.23
	NOTA	None	994	0.68	-
Majority			4,704	3.22	1.27
Turnout			1,45,890	84.72	8.28
Registered electors			1,72,208
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Chandra Ghadai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sarat Rout by a margin of 2,403 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sukinda ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai	58,765	47.71	-
	Congress	Sarat Raut	56,362	45.76	-
	BJP	Dola Gobinda Mohanta	2,428	1.97	-
	BSP	Gitanjali Mahanta	1,955	1.59	-
	JMM	Sudarsan Haibru	973	0.79	-
	Independent	Mayadhar Nayak	829	0.67	-
	Independent	Jadumani Mohanta	755	0.61	-
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Sk. Saban Ali	431	0.35	-
	Independent	Dillip Kumar Nayak	402	0.33	-
	Independent	Amulya Krushna Das	275	0.22	-
Majority			2,403	1.95 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,23,193	76.44	-
	BJD hold		Swing

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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