Chhatrapur
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
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Subash Chandra Behera
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

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

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

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
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%

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

Year Member Party
2019 Subash Chandra Behera[8][9] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Independent Surendra Behera
NOTA None of the above 1,776 1.19%
Majority
Turnout
BJD gain from BJP Swing 22486

2014 Election Result

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.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur[12][13]
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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Communist Party of India candidate Adikanda Sethi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagaban Behera by a margin of 16,557 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur[15]
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

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

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Chhatrapur (127) District: Ganjam
  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. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Odisha - Chhatrapur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Chhatrapur (127)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 16557
  15. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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