Mahakalapada Assembly constituency

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

Mahakalapada
Constituency No. 100 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendrapara
LS constituency	Kendrapara
Established	2009
Total electors	2,38,781 [1]
Reservation	none
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
Party	BJD
Elected year	2019

Mahakalapada (Sl. No.: 100) is an unreserved Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha. ^{[2] [3]}

This constituency includes Mahakalapada block and 16 Gram panchayats (Silipur, Dasipur, Dumuka, Marshaghai, Garajanga, Talasanga, Parakula, Akhuadakhin, Raghabapur, Antei, Batira, Beruhan, Manikunda, Angulai, Kuhudi and Mangarajpur) of Marsaghai block. ^{[4] [5]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[6] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

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Vote share of winning candidates
2019			51.29%
2014			47.62%
2009			48.69%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Mahakalapada constituency is: ^[7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Durga Prasan Nayak	BJP
2019	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak [8]		BJD
2014	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		BJD
2009	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		BJD

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Mahakalapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
	BJP	Durga Prasanna Nayak	109653
	INC	Loknath Moharathy
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijay Pradhan by a margin of 15,663 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	93,197	51.29	3.67
	BJP	Bijay Pradhan	77534	42.67	7.64
	INC	Bibhransu Sekhar Lenka	8318	4.58	11.28
	NOTA	None of the above	531	0.31
Majority			15,663	8.62	-
Turnout			1,81,714	76.1
Registered electors			2,33,724
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijoy Mohapatra by a margin of 23,246 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	81,050	47.62	-
	BJP	Bijoy Mohapatra	57,804	33.96	-
	BSP	Ranjan Kumar Mallik	1,071	0.63	-
	INC	Balaram Parida	27,001	15.86	-
	CPI	Golekha Naury	744	0.44	-
	NOTA	None of the above	532	0.33	-
Majority			23,246	13.66	-
Turnout			1,70,193	77.94
Registered electors			2,14,942
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Balaram Parida by a margin of 19,595 votes. ^{[10] [3]}

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	70,433	48.69	-
	INC	Balaram Parida	50,838	35.14	-
	BJP	Gandharb Chandra Nayak	18,633	12.88	-
Majority			19,595	13.55	-
Turnout			1,44,673	72.92	-
Registered electors			1,98,390
	BJD win (new seat)

References

1. State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 17 April 2014. Constituency: Mahakalapada (100) District: Kendrapara
3. "Mahakalapada Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Mahakalapada Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
4. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
5. Seats of Odisha
6. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI .
7. "Aul Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 19595
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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