Karanjia is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.[1]

Karanjia
Constituency No. 30 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictMayurbhanj
LS constituencyKeonjhar
Established1957
Total electors1,51,651
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Area of this constituency includes Karanjia town, Karanjia block, Thakurmunda block and 9 GPs (Padmapokhari, Ramachandrapur, Labnyadeipur, Dewanbahali, Ranipokhari, Sarat, Nota, Sardiha and Kalamgadia) of Kaptipada block.[2][3]

In 2014 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijay Kumar Naik, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party Jyostna Bhansingh by a margin of 13,551 votes.[4]

Elected Members edit

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2009
37.31%
2004
41.02%
2000
47.20%
1995
35.06%
1990
61.39%
1985
45.35%
1980
39.21%
1977
57.18%

15 elections held during 1957 to 2019. List of members elected from Karanjia Vidhan Sabha constituency are:[6]

  • 2014: (30): Bijay Kumar Naik (BJD)
  • 2009: (30): Bijay Kumar Naik (BJD)
  • 2004: (1): Ajit Hembram (BJD)
  • 2000: (1): Padma Charan Haiburu (Independent)
  • 1995: (1): Raghunath Hembram (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (1): Raghunath Hembram (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (1): Karunakar Naik (Indian National Congress)
  • 1980: (1): Raghunath Hembram (Janata Party (Secular))
  • 1977: (1): Raghunath Hembram (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (1): Karunakar Naik (Congress)
  • 1971: (1): Prafulla Kumar Das (Swatantra)
  • 1967: (1): Prafulla Kumar Das (Swatantra)
  • 1961: (134): Pravakar Behera (Congress)
  • 1957: (96): Nalini Chandra Bhanja Deo (Ganatantra Parishad)
Year Member Party
2019 Basanti Hembram[7] Biju Janata Dal

Results edit

2019 edit

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Basanti Hembram
BJP Padma Charan Haiburu
INC Sudam Charan Naik
AITC Jabamani Tudu
SUCI(C) Bajuram Sidu
ABHM Raghunath Nayak
Independent Baidyanath Sing
Independent Samai Charan Purty
Independent Sujit Kumar Lugun
Independent Subash Chandra Hembram
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 edit

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Bijay Kumar Naik 38,609 29.83% -
BJP Jyostna Bhansingh 25,058 19.36% -
Independent Padma Charan Haiburu 24,030 18.56% -
INC Baidyanath Sing 19,226 14.85% -
JDP Rama Chandra Soren 3,403 2.63% -
SUCI(C) Jamuna Samad 3,308 2.56% -
JMM Biplab Kumar Sankhiala 3,277 2.53% -
AOP Jatin Kumar Das 3,010 2.33% -
OJM Sabitri Naik 2,324 1.8% -
AAP Niranjan Naik 1,972 1.52% -
SAP Sishir Hembram 994 0.77% -
NOTA None of the above 2,531 1.96% -
Registered electors

2009 edit

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Bijay Kumar Naik 38,934 37.31 -
INC Jabamani Tudu 17,533 16.80 -
BJP Sumantra Naik 16,687 15.99 -
Independent Padma Charan Haiburu 14,597 13.99 -
JMM Bholanath Majhi 4,535 4.35 -
Independent Baidyanath Singh 3,573 3.42 -
BSP Krushna Chandra Naik 2,192 2.10 -
Samruddha Odisha Kalakar Madhei 1,321 1.27 -
Kalinga Sena Bhagaban Soye 1,201 1.15 -
SP Basanti Hembram 1,090 1.04 -
Rashtrawadi Sena Suratha Naik 1,038 0.99 -
RPD Biplab Kumar Sankhial 926 0.89 -
Independent Debendra Haiburu 720 0.69 -
Majority 21,401 20.51[a] -
Turnout 1,04,527 68.93 -

Notes edit

  1. ^ % of total valid votes

References edit

  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 9 February 2014. Constituency: Karanjia (30) District : Mayurbhanj
  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
  4. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014. 21401
  5. ^ "1 - Karanjia Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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