Nuapada Assembly constituency

Nuapada (Sl. No.: 71) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha.[2]

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

Nuapada
Legislative Assembly of Odisha constituency
DistrictNuapada
BlocksNuapada, Komna
Electorate2,24,021 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsKhariar Road
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBiju Janata Dal
MLARajendra Dholakia
Const. No.71
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesKalahandi

This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019
 
 39.75%
2014
 
 36.46%
2009
 
 41.62%
2004
 
 36.86%
2000
 
 57.34%
1995
 
 46.49%
1990
 
 64.83%
1985
 
 49.65%
1980
 
 48.35%
1977
 
 59.08%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Nuapada constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2019: (71): Rajendra Dholakia (BJD)
  • 2014: (71): Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
  • 2009: (71): Rajendra Dholakia (BJD)
  • 2004: (94): Rajendra Dholakia (Independent)
  • 2000: (94): Basanta Kumar Panda (BJP)
  • 1995: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Party)
  • 1980: (94): Bhanuprakash Joshi (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (94): Ghasiram Majhi (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (94): Jagannath Patnaik (Congress)
  • 1971: (88): Ghasiram Majhi (Swatantra Party)
  • 1967: (88): Omkara Singh Majhi (Congress)
  • 1961: (40): Ghasiram Majhi (Independent)
  • 1951: (21): Anup Singh Deo (Congress) and Chaitanya Majhi (Congress)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rajendra Dholakia 65,647 39.75 Increase9.75
INC Ghasiram Majhi 45,317 27.44 Increase1.54
BJP Home Singh Majhi 29,490 17.86 Decrease18.6
Independent Jadumani Panigrahi 16,535 10.01
Independent Lochan Singh Majhi 2,285 1.38
BSP Kunti Sahoo 1,835 1.11 Decrease0.6
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 Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Basanta Kumar Panda 55,817 36.46 Increase11.39
BJD Rajendra Dholakia 46,207 30.18 Decrease11.44
INC Ghasi Ram Majhi 39,654 25.90 Increase9.47
BSP Kunti Sahoo 2,611 1.71 Decrease11.33
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 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda by a margin of 22,620 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada[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[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,36,656 69.25 -2.24 [lower-alpha 3]
BJD gain from Independent

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.49%

References
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  7. "Nuapada Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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