Daspalla
Constituency No. 121 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictNayagarh district
LS constituencyKandhamal
Established1951
Total electors168,709[1][a]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Ramesh Chandra Behera
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Daspalla is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Daspalla block, Gania block and Nuagaon block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2014
 
 65.46%
2009
 
 47.60%
2004
 
 34.20%
2000
 
 35.08%
1995
 
 46.51%
1990
 
 62.79%
1985
 
 57.92%
1980
 
 56.25%
1977
 
 34.96%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one By election in 1960.[6] Elected members from the Daspalla constituency are:[7][8]

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

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Daspalla[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ramesh Chandra Behera
INC Prashanta Kumar Naik
BJP Purna Chandra Nayak
BSP Debaraj Naik
NCP Benudhar Nayak
SKD Trinath Naik
Independent Bishnupriya Das
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Purna Chandra Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Indumati Nayak by a margin of 57,327 votes.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Daspalla[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Purna Chandra Nayak 75,832 65.46 6.18
INC Indumati Nayak 18,505 15.97 -5.73
BJP Pramoda Kumar Behera 16,053 13.86 1.04
Independent Mami Nayak 1,451 1.25
AAP Baneeta Naik 1,099 0.95
BSP Brajendra Malik 1,065 0.92
NOTA None of the above 1,840 1.59 -
Majority 57,327 49.48 11.9
Turnout 1,15,845 68.67 4.18
Registered electors 1,68,709
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kashinath Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lecturer Bullion by a margin of 38,758 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Daspalla[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kashinath Mallik 61,142 59.28 -
INC Lecturer Bullion 22,384 21.70 -
BJP Manoj Kumar Behera 13,218 12.82 -
Independent Susanta Kumar Nayak 2,050 1.99 -
Independent Basudev Nayak 1,462 1.42 -
SAMO Benudhar Nayak 1,071 1.04 -
SP Artabandhu Chowdhury 892 0.86 -
Majority 38,758 37.58[b] -
Turnout 1,03,143 64.49 -0.41 [c]
BJD gain from Independent

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 64.90%

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Daspalla (121) District: Nayagarh
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "64 - Daspalla Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ "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)
  8. ^ "Daspalla Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 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-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Daspalla (121)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 38758
  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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