Champua
Constituency No. 25 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKendujhar
LS constituencyKeonjhar
Established1951
Total electors188,379
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Champua is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.[1] Area of this constituency includes Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs (Kodagadia, Jamudalak, Rajia, Kalikaprasad, Rimuli, Badanai, Sarei, Champua, Kutariposi, Sunaposi, Karanjia, Rangamatia, Uchabali, Bhanda, Kashipal, Padua and Chandrasekharpur) of Champua block.[2][3]

In 2014 election Independent candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate the Oriya comedy king Tatwa Prakash Satpathy (Papu Pom Pom) by a margin of approx. 14000 votes, while in previous 2009 election Independent candidate Jitu Patnaik, defeated then Indian National Congress candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of only 145 votes.[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019
 
 53.30%
2014
 
 45.50%
2009
 
 22.10%
2004
 
 39.02%
2000
 
 34.70%
1995
 
 40.72%
1990
 
 73.30%
1985
 
 47.42%
1980
 
 35.68%
1977
 
 58.65%

14 elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from Champua Vidhan Sabha constituency are:[6]

Year Member Party
2019 Minakshi Mahanta[7][8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Minakshi Mahanta 89,525 53.30 Increase46.60
BJP Murali Manohar Sharma 63,117 37.60 Increase33.00
INC Jadumani Barik 4,217 2.50 Increase1.00
Independent Srimanta Kumar Tripathy 2,005 1.20
BSP Kailash Chandra Tanti 2,002 1.19
BMP Rajen Munda 1,319 0.80
Independent Trilochan Palei 1,053 0.60
Majority 26,408 15.70
Turnout
BJD gain from Independent Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sanatan Mahakud 69,635 45.50
Independent Kusha Apat 54,957 35.90
BJD Papu Pom Pom 10,233 6.70
BJP Girish Chandra Mahanta 7,070 4.60
BMP Shyam Sundar Purty 2,693 1.80
INC Kshetra Mohan Mahanta 2,332 1.50
CPI Bidyadhar Mahanta 2,288 1.50
AAP Md Azhar Imam 1,022 0.70
Rest of the Candidates ~3000
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jitu Patnaik 27,700 22.10 -
INC Sanatan Mahakud 27,555 21.98 -
Independent Kusha Apat 26,280 20.96 -
BJP Murali Manohar Sharma 18,881 15.06 -
CPI Bidyadhar Mahanta 9,356 7.46 -
Independent Buta Singh 1,856 1.48 -
BSP Chittaranjan Naik 1,517 1.21 -
Samruddha Odisha Keshaba Mahanta 1,389 1.11 -
Independent Purna Chandra Mahanta 1,246 0.99 -
JMM Laxman Kumar Sethy 1,150 0.92 -
Independent Sanjita Naik 1,035 0.83 -
Independent Deepak Maharana 936 0.75 -
Independent Bhabani Mahanta 872 0.70 -
Independent Prabhupada Mishra 823 0.66 -
Independent Abhimanyu Mahanta 690 0.55 -
Independent Manoj Kumar Mahanta 682 0.54 -
Independent Ashok Mahanta 633 0.50 -
Odisha Mukti Morcha Kshitish Chandra Mahanta 605 0.48 -
Independent Arabinda Behera 589 0.47 -
Independent Akhila Kumar Mahanta 550 0.44 -
SP Yadumani Patra 543 0.43 -
Independent Akhleswar Giri 464 0.37 -
Majority 145 0.12[a] -
Turnout 1,25,363 66.55 -

Notes

  1. ^ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Constituency: Champua (25) District : Keonjhar
  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 3 February 2014. 145
  5. ^ "142 - Champua Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 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. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  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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