Nuapada Assembly constituency
| Nuapada | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 71 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Nuapada |
| LS constituency | Kalahandi |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 227778 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent Rajendra Dholakia | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Nuapada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha.[1]
This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block.[2][3]
Elected Members[edit]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1997. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.
List of members elected from Nuapada constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Rajendra Dholakia[7] | BJD | |
| 2014 | Basanta Kumar Panda | BJP | |
| 2009 | Rajendra Dholakia | BJD | |
| 2004 | Rajendra Dholakia | Independent | |
| 2000 | Basanta Kumar Panda | BJP | |
| 1997 (bypoll)[a] | Jagannath Patnaik | INC | |
| 1995 | Ghasiram Majhi | JD | |
| 1990 | Ghasiram Majhi | JD | |
| 1985 | Ghasiram Majhi | JD | |
| 1980 | Bhanu Prakash Joshi | INC | |
| 1977 | Ghasiram Majhi | JP | |
| 1974 | Jagannath Patnaik | INC | |
| 1971 | Ghasiram Majhi | SWA | |
| 1967 | Onkar Singh | INC | |
| 1961 | Ghasiram Majhi | SWA | |
| 1957[b] | Ghasiram Majhi | INC | |
| Anupa Singh Deo | INC | ||
| 1951[c] | Chaitan Majhi | INC | |
| Anupa Singh Deo | INC | ||
Election results[edit]
2024[edit]
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.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rajendra Dholakia | ||||
| BJP | Abhinandan Panda | ||||
| INC | Sarat Pattanayak | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019[edit]
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi by a margin of 20,330 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rajendra Dholakia | 65,647 | 39.75 |  9.75
| |
| INC | Ghasiram Majhi | 45,317 | 27.44 | 1.54
| |
| BJP | Home Singh Majhi | 29,490 | 17.86 |  18.6
| |
| Independent | Jadumani Panigrahi | 16,535 | 10.01 | ||
| Independent | Lochan Singh Majhi | 2,285 | 1.38 | ||
| BSP | Kunti Sahoo | 1,835 | 1.11 | 0.6
| |
| SKD | Bharat Tripathi | 1,410 | 0.85 | ||
| Independent | Bhujbal Adbong | 1,133 | 0.69 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,489 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 20,330 | 12.31 | |||
| Turnout | 165141 | 73.71 | |||
| BJD gain from BJP | |||||
2014[edit]
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Basanta Kumar Panda | 55,817 | 36.46 | 11.39
| |
| BJD | Rajendra Dholakia | 46,207 | 30.18 | 11.44
| |
| INC | Ghasi Ram Majhi | 39,654 | 25.90 | 9.47
| |
| BSP | Kunti Sahoo | 2,611 | 1.71 | 11.33
| |
| AOP | Iswar Chandra Thakur | 1,923 | 1.26 | ||
| OJM | Rangadhar Majhi | 1,102 | 0.72 | ||
| AAP | Surendra Prasad Panda | 943 | 0.62 | ||
| SP | Lochan Singh Majhi | 924 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Bharat Das | 834 | 0.54 | ||
| SKD | Prabhat Kumar Dharua | 654 | 0.43 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,426 | 1.58 | - | |
| Majority | 9,610 | 6.27 | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,53,095 | 74.4 | 5.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,05,761 | ||||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2009[edit]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda by a margin of 22,620 votes.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rajendra Dholakia | 56,874 | 41.62 | - | |
| BJP | Basanta Kumar Panda | 34,254 | 25.07 | - | |
| INC | Saroj Kumar Sahu | 22,450 | 16.43 | - | |
| BSP | Ghasi Ram Majhi | 17,823 | 13.04 | - | |
| SAMO | Surendra Prasad Panda | 3,192 | 2.34 | - | |
| RPI(A) | Nityananda Bhoi | 2,056 | 1.50 | - | |
| Majority | 22,620 | 16.55[d] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,36,656 | 69.25 | -2.24[e] | ||
| BJD gain from Independent | |||||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2020". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
Constituency: Nuapada (71) District: Nuapada
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
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List Of Winning Candidates
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- ^ "Nuapada Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Nuapada". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Nuapada (71)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.