Bolangir Assembly constituency

Bolangir
Bolangir
Constituency No. 68 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
LS constituency	Bolangir
Established	1951
Total electors	210,736
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Narasingha Mishra
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Bolangir is a constituency of the Vidhan Sabha in Odisha, India. This seats falls under Bolangir District of Odisha State in India. Bolangir seat is a unreserved seat of Odisha Legislative Assembly.^[2] This constituency includes Balangir block and Deogaon block.^[3]^[4]

Elected Members edit

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2019			41.32%
2014			39.83%
2009			40.70%
2004			56.26%
2000			47.91%
1995			49.59%
1990			54.51%
1985			68.85%
1980			36.29%
1977			51.47%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

Elected members from the Bolangir constituency are:^[6]^[7]

Year	Name
2024
2019	Narasingha Mishra^[8]	INC
2014	Narasingha Mishra	INC
2009	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	BJD
2004	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	BJD
2000	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	BJD
1995	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	JD
1990	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	JD
1985	Mahmmed Muzafer Hussain Khan	INC
1980	Mahmmed Muzafer Hussain Khan	INC
1977	Muralidhar Guru	JP
1974	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	SWA
1971	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	SWA
1967	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	SWA
1961	Chandra Sekhar Singh Bhoi	AIGP
1957^[b]	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi	AIGP
1957^[b]	Ganatantra Parishad	AIGP
1955 (bypoll)^[c]	Nandakishore Mishra	AIGP
1951^[d]	Achyutananda Mahananda	AIGP
1951^[d]	Nandakishore Mishra	AIGP

Election results edit

2024 edit

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Bolangir
Party		Candidate
	BJD	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
	BJP	Gopalji Panigrahi
	INC	Samarendra Mishra
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019 edit

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo by a margin of 5,341 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Bolangir^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	71,598	41.32	1.49
	BJD	Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo	66257	38.24	6.31
	BJP	Ananta Kumar Dash	28924	16.69	5.98
	BSP	Drona Kumbhar	1506	0.87
	AAP	Ashish Pande	1411	0.81
	PBI	Kapila Kumbhar	632	0.36
	API	Nilakantha Nag	934	0.54
	Independent	Dwija Dalpati	649	0.37
	NOTA	None of the above	1377	0.79
Majority			5,341	3.08
Turnout			173288	72.98
	INC hold		Swing	1.49

2014 edit

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo by a margin of 12,254 votes.^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	61,730	39.83	12.09
	BJD	Anag Uday Singhdeo	49,476	31.93	8.77
	BJP	Basudev Pati	35,130	22.67	2.90
	BSP	Karam Chand Bej	1,397	0.9
	AAP	Sangita Majhi	1,086	0.7
	Independent	Sandeep Kumar Bag	1,074	0.69
	Independent	Gopal Chandra Hota	951	0.61
	NOTA	None of the above	2,161	1.39
Majority			12,254	7.91
Turnout			1,54,975	73.54	8.97
Registered electors			2,10,736
	INC gain from BJD

2009 edit

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo defeated Congress candidate Laxman Kumar Meher by a margin of 16,866 votes.^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ananga Udaya Singhdeo	52,948	40.70	- 15.56
	INC	Laxman Kumar Meher	36,082	27.74	-
	BJP	Dr. Basudev Pati	33,258	25.57	-
	BSP	Aman Nag	2,799	2.15	-
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Nanda	1,529	1.18	-
	SAMO	Sandeep Kumar Bag	1,390	1.07	-
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Rabindra Kumar Panigrahi	1,084	0.83	-
	Independent	Biswambar sahu	997	0.77	-
Majority			16,866	12.97^[e]	-
Turnout			1,30,281	64.57	-
	BJD hold		Swing	4.07 ^[f]

Notes edit

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ Resignation of Nandakishore Mishra, won uncontested
^ It was a 2 member constituency
^ %of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 60.50%

References edit

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ "Bolangir Assembly Election Result 2019". newstrend.news. Newstrend. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "111 - Bolangir Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Bolangir Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^ "Bolangir Election and Results 2019, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Bolangir Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Bolangir Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Odisha -Angul". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bolangir(68)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014. 16866
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[10] It was a 2 member constituency

[11] Resignation of Nandakishore Mishra, won uncontested

[12] It was a 2 member constituency

[21] %of total valid votes

[22] 2004 Voter turnout was 60.50%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

[3] "Bolangir Assembly Election Result 2019". newstrend.news. Newstrend. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "111 - Bolangir Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Bolangir Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

[9] "Bolangir Election and Results 2019, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

[13] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[SP_Ass_Cand-14] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[News18_2019-15] "Bolangir Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Bolangir Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[16] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[17] "Odisha -Angul". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[18] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bolangir(68)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[19] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014. 16866

[election2009-20] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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