Champua is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.[1] Area of this constituency includes Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs (Kodagadia, Jamudalak, Rajia, Kalikaprasad, Rimuli, Badanai, Sarei, Champua, Kutariposi, Sunaposi, Karanjia, Rangamatia, Uchabali, Bhanda, Kashipal, Padua and Chandrasekharpur) of Champua block.[2][3]
| Champua | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 25 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Kendujhar |
| LS constituency | Keonjhar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 188,379 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
In 2014 election Independent candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate the Oriya comedy king Tatwa Prakash Satpathy (Papu Pom Pom) by a margin of approx. 14000 votes, while in previous 2009 election Independent candidate Jitu Patnaik, defeated then Indian National Congress candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of only 145 votes.[4]
Elected members edit
14 elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from Champua Vidhan Sabha constituency are:[6]
- 2014: (25): Sanatan Mahakud (Independent)
- 2009: (25): Jitu Patnaik (Independent)
- 2004: (142): Dhanurjay Sidu (Congress)
- 2000: (142): Saharai Oram (Independent)
- 1995: (142): Dhanurjay Laguri (Congress)
- 1990: (142): Saharai Oram (Janata Dal)
- 1985: (142): Dhanurjay Laguri (Congress)
- 1980: (142): Saharai Oram (Janata-S)
- 1977: (142): Saharai Oram (Janata Party)
- 1974: (142): Gurucharan Nayak (Congress)
- 1971: (127): Saharai Oram (Utkal Congress)
- 1967: (127): Kshetra Mohan Nayak (Swatantra)
- 1961: (67): Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad)
- 1957: (46): Rajaballav Mishra (Ganatantra Parishad) and Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad)
- 1951: (40): Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad)
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Minakshi Mahanta[7][8] | Biju Janata Dal | |
Election results edit
2019 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Minakshi Mahanta | 89,525 | 53.30 |  46.60
| |
| BJP | Murali Manohar Sharma | 63,117 | 37.60 | 33.00
| |
| INC | Jadumani Barik | 4,217 | 2.50 | 1.00
| |
| Independent | Srimanta Kumar Tripathy | 2,005 | 1.20 | ||
| BSP | Kailash Chandra Tanti | 2,002 | 1.19 | ||
| BMP | Rajen Munda | 1,319 | 0.80 | ||
| Independent | Trilochan Palei | 1,053 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 26,408 | 15.70 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJD gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2014 election result edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sanatan Mahakud | 69,635 | 45.50 | ||
| Independent | Kusha Apat | 54,957 | 35.90 | ||
| BJD | Papu Pom Pom | 10,233 | 6.70 | ||
| BJP | Girish Chandra Mahanta | 7,070 | 4.60 | ||
| BMP | Shyam Sundar Purty | 2,693 | 1.80 | ||
| INC | Kshetra Mohan Mahanta | 2,332 | 1.50 | ||
| CPI | Bidyadhar Mahanta | 2,288 | 1.50 | ||
| AAP | Md Azhar Imam | 1,022 | 0.70 | ||
| Rest of the Candidates | ~3000 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
Summary of results of the 2009 election edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jitu Patnaik | 27,700 | 22.10 | - | |
| INC | Sanatan Mahakud | 27,555 | 21.98 | - | |
| Independent | Kusha Apat | 26,280 | 20.96 | - | |
| BJP | Murali Manohar Sharma | 18,881 | 15.06 | - | |
| CPI | Bidyadhar Mahanta | 9,356 | 7.46 | - | |
| Independent | Buta Singh | 1,856 | 1.48 | - | |
| BSP | Chittaranjan Naik | 1,517 | 1.21 | - | |
| Samruddha Odisha | Keshaba Mahanta | 1,389 | 1.11 | - | |
| Independent | Purna Chandra Mahanta | 1,246 | 0.99 | - | |
| JMM | Laxman Kumar Sethy | 1,150 | 0.92 | - | |
| Independent | Sanjita Naik | 1,035 | 0.83 | - | |
| Independent | Deepak Maharana | 936 | 0.75 | - | |
| Independent | Bhabani Mahanta | 872 | 0.70 | - | |
| Independent | Prabhupada Mishra | 823 | 0.66 | - | |
| Independent | Abhimanyu Mahanta | 690 | 0.55 | - | |
| Independent | Manoj Kumar Mahanta | 682 | 0.54 | - | |
| Independent | Ashok Mahanta | 633 | 0.50 | - | |
| Odisha Mukti Morcha | Kshitish Chandra Mahanta | 605 | 0.48 | - | |
| Independent | Arabinda Behera | 589 | 0.47 | - | |
| Independent | Akhila Kumar Mahanta | 550 | 0.44 | - | |
| SP | Yadumani Patra | 543 | 0.43 | - | |
| Independent | Akhleswar Giri | 464 | 0.37 | - | |
| Majority | 145 | 0.12[a] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,363 | 66.55 | - | ||
Notes edit
- ^ %of total valid votes
References edit
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
Constituency: Champua (25) District : Keonjhar
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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- ^ "142 - Champua Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 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) - ^ Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.