Kakatpur
Constituency No. 105 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictPuri
LS constituencyJagatsinghpur
Established1957
Total electors2,20,522 [1][a]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Tusharkanti Behera
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Kakatpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2] This constituency includes Konark, Kakatpur block, Astarang block and 13 Gram panchayats (Jangalbori, Birtung, Baulanga, Desthali, Dhumala, Sorava, Mahalapada, Achutapur, Banakhandi, Simmili, Sutan, Tarakora and Badagaon) of Gop block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 57.42%
2009
 
 52.57%
2004
 
 46.31%
2000
 
 55.89%
1995
 
 47.76%
1990
 
 56.21%
1985
 
 49.64%
1980
 
 47.09%
1977
 
 62.56%

Fifteen elections were held between 1957 and 2019. Elected members from the Kakatpur constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2019 Tusharkanti Behera[8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Tusharkanti Behera[9] 91,897 53.68 -3.74
INC Biswabhusan Das 46,206 26.99 -4.24
BJP Rabi Mallick 30,771 17.98
NOTA None of the above 736 0.43
Majority 45,691
Turnout 170,889
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rabindra Kumar Sethy by a margin of 41,030 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surendra Sethi 89,963 57.42 4.85
INC Rabindra Kumar Sethy 48,933 31.23 3.67
BJP Tusharkanti Behera 12,093 7.72 4.69
CPI Kamal Kumar Behera 3,609 2.3 -
CPI(ML)L Sanjay Kumar Kandi 722 0.46 -
OJM Madhab Mallik 513 0.33 -
NOTA None 838 0.53 -
Majority 41,030 26.19 -
Turnout 1,56,671 71.05 5.41
Registered electors 2,20,522
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 15,221 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rabi Mallick 74,114 52.57 6.26
INC Biswa Bhusan Das 58,893 27.56 -
BJP Iswar Chandra Behera 4,273 3.03 -
Independent Narendra Kumar Behera 1,411 1.00 -
BSP Prasant Kumar Rout 727 0.52 -
Independent Dwarika Nath Dash 625 0.44 -
Independent Bhagaban Sethy 489 0.35 -
Independent Laxmidhar Kandi 459 0.33 -
Majority 15,221 10.80[b] -
Turnout 1,41,062 65.64 -5.74[c]
BJD hold

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 71.38%

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Kakatpur (105) District: Puri
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "54 - Kakatpur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 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. ^ "Kakatpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ News18 (2019). "Kakatpur Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Kakatpur Constituency (Seat)". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.((cite news)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Odisha - Kakatpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kakatpur (105)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 15221
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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