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Chhatrapur Assembly constituency

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

Chhatrapur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

Chhatrapur (SC)
Constituency No. 127 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGanjam district
LS constituencyBerhampur
Established1951
Total electors203,966[1][a]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Krushna Chandra Nayak
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

This constituency includes Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Rambha, Chhatrapur block and Ganjam block.[3][4]

Elected members

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Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024
 
 48%
2019
 
 50.19%
2014
 
 38.33%
2009
 
 44.26%
2004
 
 52.56%
2000
 
 42.59%
1995
 
 40.80%
1990
 
 62.56%
1985
 
 47.76%
1980
 
 47.43%
1977
 
 46.93%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Chhatrapur constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2024 Krushna Chandra Nayak BJP
2019 Subash Chandra Behera[8][9] BJD
2014 Priyanshu Pradhan BJD
2009 Adikanda Sethi CPI
2004 Nagireddi Narayan Reddy CPI
2000 Rama Chandra Panda BJP
1995 Daitari Behera INC
1990 Parsuram Panda CPI
1985 Ashok Kumar Choudhury INC
1980 Biswanath Sahu CPI
1977 Biswanath Sahu CPI
1974 Daitari Behera Utkal Congress
1971 Lakshman Mahapatra CPI
1967 Lakshman Mahapatra CPI
1961 Lakshman Mahapatra CPI
1957 Yatiraj Praharaj INC
1951 Sitaramaya V. Independent

Election Results

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2024

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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.[10]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Chhatrapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Krushna Chandra Nayak 74,983 48.00  7.32
BJD Subhash Chandra Behara 63,545 40.68  9.51
INC Bhagirathi Behera 7,186 4.60
CPI Guru Nath Pradhan 3,963 2.54  6.05
AAP Ritu Kumari Sethi 795 0.51
BSP Lingaraj Behera 614 0.39
KS Santhosh Kumar Sethi 650 0.42
Independent Samrat Raj 1,115 0.71
Independent Ch.Mamini 625 0.4
Independent Saroj Kumar Behera 783 0.5
NOTA None of the above 1,958 1.25
Majority 11,438 7.32
Turnout 1,56,217
BJP gain from BJD

2019

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In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subhash Chandra Behara defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanta Kumar Kar by a margin of 21,051 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Subhash Chandra Behara 74,594 50.19
BJP Prasanta Kumar Kar 53,543 36.02
CPI Pradeep Kumar Sethy 12,766 8.59
BSP Ramahari Behera 1,715 1.15
RIM Natabara Behera 1,324 0.89
Independent Chaitanya Pradhan 982 0.66
Independent Sasmita Kar 955 0.64
Independent Surendra Behera 978 0.66
NOTA None of the above 1,776 1.19
Majority 21,051 14.17
Turnout 148633 65.79
BJD hold

2014

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In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Priyanshu Pradhan defeated Communist Party of India candidate Krushna Chandra Nayak by a margin of 22,019 votes.[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Priyanshu Pradhan 53,221 38.33
CPI Krushna Chandra Nayak 31,202 22.47 −21.79
BJP Dharanidhar Behera 27,511 19.81 −8.61
INC Banamali Sethi 21,151 15.23 −5.97
AAP Ritu Kumari Sethi 1,271 0.92
Independent E. Pramod Kumar 1,177 0.85
AITC Natabara Behera 1,111 0.8
NOTA None of the above 2,211 1.59 −
Majority 22,019 15.86 0.01
Turnout 1,38,855 68.08 12.85
Registered electors 2,03,966
BJD gain from CPI

2009

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In 2009 election, Communist Party of India candidate Adikanda Sethi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagaban Behera by a margin of 16,557 votes.[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Adikanda Sethi 46,244 44.26 −8.3
BJP Bhagaban Behera 29,687 28.42 −
INC Somanath Behera 22,146 21.20 −
Independent Dasarathi Behera 3,789 3.63 −
SAMO Natabara Behera 2,605 2.49 −
Majority 16,557 15.85[b] −
Turnout 1,04,507 55.23 −
CPI hold Swing -4.21 [c]

Notes

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  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 59.44%

References

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  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Chhatrapur (127) District: Ganjam{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "72 - Chatrapur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "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)
  7. ^ "Chhatrapur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  11. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Odisha - Chhatrapur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Chhatrapur (127)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 16557
  16. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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