Begunia
Constituency No. 116 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKhordha
LS constituencyBhubaneswar
Established1957
Total electors193,920[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Rajendra Kumar Sahoo
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Begunia is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.[2] This constituency includes Begunia block and Bologarh block.[3][4]

Begunia is a block town of Khordha district of the Indian state of Odisha. The distance from district headquarters is 18 km.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2019
 
 47.06%
2014
 
 51.46%
2009
 
 38.73%
2004
 
 47.71%
2000
 
 42.70%
1995
 
 45.85%
1990
 
 58.80%
1985
 
 59.99%
1980
 
 47.08%
1977
 
 34.49%

Fourteen elections were held between 1957 and 2014. Elected members from the Begunia constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2019 Rajendra Kumar Sahoo[9] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Begunia[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rajendra Kumar Sahoo 73,178 47.06 Decrease4.40
INC Pradeep Kumar Sahoo 53,130 34.16 Increase19.77
BJP Rhishav Nanda 26,321 16.93 Increase9.55
NOTA None of the above 909 0.58
Rest of the Candidates 1,973
Majority 20,048 12.90
Turnout
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Begunia[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prasanta Kumar Jagadev 73,984 51.46
AOP Pradeep Kumar Sahoo 30,559 21.26
INC Debasis Patnaik 20,689 14.39
BJP Jatin Kumar Mohanty 10,611 7.38
AAP Rajesh Rajaratan Bidhar -
BSP Baman Naik -
CPI Basant Kumar Paikray -
OJM Krushna Chandra Barik -
SAMO Mayadhar Behera -
SP Lalit Mohan Harichandan -
Independent Bhikari Charan Sahoo -
Independent Nirvaya Kumar Samantray -
Independent Raja Kishore Parida -
NOTA None of the above -
Registered electors 1,93,920
BJD gain from NCP Swing

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Prashanta Nanda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Sahoo by a margin of 10,617 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Begunia[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Prashanta Nanda 45,355 38.73 -
INC Pradeep Kumar Sahoo 34,738 29.66 -
Independent Kailash Chandra Mahapatra 13,074 11.16 -
Independent Dr. Prafulla Kumar Jati 12,171 10.39 -
BJP Surendranath Mishra 6,692 5.71 -
Independent Bhikari Charan Sahoo 1,903 1.62 -
Independent Nirvaya Kumar Samantray 997 0.85 -
RPD Natabar Maharana 804 0.69 -
BSP Sisir Mohapatra 757 0.65 -
Independent Pramod Chandra Dash 617 0.53 -
Majority 10,617 9.07[b] -
Turnout 1,17,113 61.98 -
Registered electors 1,88,949
NCP gain from INC Swing -3.53 [c]

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 65.51%

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 April 2014. Constituency: Begunia (116) District: Khordha
  3. ^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Seats of Odisha".
  5. ^ "60 - Begunia Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 22 April 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. ^ "Begunia Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  8. ^ Mohanty, Debabrata (23 March 2014). "In fifth list, BJD drops 2 MPs, 8 MLAs". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Constituency: Begunia (116)". EmpoweringIndia. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 10617
  13. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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