Bamra | |
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Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Sambalpur |
LS constituency | Sundargarh |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 1957 |
Total electors | 1,02,420 |
Bamra, also referred to as Bamanda was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, of the Sambalpur district, Odisha state in India. It was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1957.[1][2] It was replaced by the constituencies of Deogarh and Jarsuguda.
The Bamra constituency comprised the Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions of Sambalpur district.[1] Though Bamra was a part of Sambalpur district, this area (Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions) used to come under the Sundargarh parliamentary constituency.[3]
One election was held between 1951 and 1952. The constituency had 2 seats; following were members elected from it:[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIGP | Hara Prasad Deb | 21,631 | 30.59% | ||
AIGP | Joydeb Thakur | 18,547 | 26.23% | ||
INC | Gadadhar Pradhan | 12,198 | 17.25% | ||
INC | Baneswar Majhi | 8,818 | 12.47% | ||
Independent | Ratnakar Patel | 5,584 | 7.90% | ||
Independent | Dinabandhu Patra | 3,925 | 5.55% | ||
Turnout | 70,703 | 34.52% | |||
Registered electors | 1,02,420 | ||||
AIGP win (new seat) |