Chikiti Assembly constituency

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

Chikiti
Constituency No. 135 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
LS constituency	Berhampur
Established	1967
Total electors	186,643 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Usha Devi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Chikiti is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Chikiti N.A.C., Chikiti Block and Patrapur Block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2019			54.80%
2014			58.76%
2009			52.79%
2004			49.85%
2000			55.63%
1995			46.03%
1990			59.93%
1985			61.74%
1980			35.91%
1977			52.14%

Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Manaranjan Dyana Samantaraya		BJP
2019	Usha Devi [8]		BJD
2014	Usha Devi		BJD
2009	Usha Devi		BJD
2004	Usha Devi		BJD
2000	Usha Devi		BJD
1995	Chintamani Dyan Samantra		Independent
1990	Usha Devi		JD
1985	Chintamani Dyan Samantra		INC
1980	Chintamani Dyan Samantra		Independent
1977	Jagannath Pati		JP
1974	Satchidananda Deo		INC
1971	Satchidananda Deo		Congress (R)
1967	Dibakar Patnaik		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Chikiti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Chinmaya Nanda Sreerup Deb
	BJP	Manoranjan Dyan Samantaray
	INC	Ravindra Nath Dyan Samantray
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoranjan Dyan Samantara by a margin of 20,635 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Usha Devi	73,353	54.80
	BJP	Manoranjan Dyan Samantara	52718	39.39
	INC	Subas Raut	3747	2.80
	ANC	Pramodini Sahu	803	0.60
	AIFB	Bibhudhendra Padhi	564	0.42
	Independent	Saroj Kumar Panda	622	0.46
	Independent	Surendra Mandal	684	0.51
	NOTA	None of the above	1355	1.01
Majority			20635	15.41
Turnout			133846	63.99
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Manoranjan Dyana Samantara by a margin of 32,148 votes. ^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Usha Devi	74,849	58.76	5.97
	INC	Manoranjan Dyan Samantara	42,701	33.52	-5.64
	SKD	Amulya Kumar Sahu	1,058	0.83
	BJP	Udaya Nath Pradhan	4,590	3.6	0.17
	AAP	Salina Umashankar	770
	OJM	Rama Prasad Mohanty	626	0.49
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Panda	625	0.49
	Independent	Bibhudhendra Padhy	500	0.39
	Independent	Surendra Mandal	451	0.35
	NOTA	None of the above	1,203	0.94	-
Majority			32,148	25.24	11.61
Turnout			1,27,373	68.24	7.56
Registered electors			1,86,643
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chintamani Dyan Samantara by a margin of 14,229 votes. ^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Usha Devi	55,099	52.79	2.94
	INC	Chintamani Dyan Samantara	40,870	39.16	-
	BJP	Kanhu Charan Pati	3,580	3.43	-
	BSP	Bibhudhendra Padhi	957	0.92	-
	Independent	Surendra Mandal	857	0.82	-
	LJP	Gouri Prasad Patnaik	697	0.67	-
	SAMO	Rama Prasad Mahanty	664	0.64	-
	Independent	Prafulla Chandra Pati	640	0.61	-
	Independent	Rajanee Kanta Pradhan	601	0.58	-
	Independent	Rabindra Kumar Das	400	0.38	-
Majority			14,229	13.63 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,04,367	60.68	-
	BJD hold		Swing	-4.81 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.49%

References

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