Kotpad
Constituency No. 142 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKoraput
LS constituencyNabarangpur
Established1961
Total electors1,87,036 [1][a]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Kotpad is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Kotpad, Kotpad block, Kundra block, 11 Gram panchayats (Dengapadar, Aunli, Malda, Sanparia, Jujhari, Kamara, Pondasguda, Sosahandi, Kanagam, Anchala and Bijapur) of Borigumma block and 7 Gram panchayats (Gupteswar, Ramagiri, Dandabadi, Baligam, Kathapada, Majhiguda and Tentuliguma) of Boipariguda block.[3][4]

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Majhi won from this constituency.

In 2019 election, BJD candidate Padmini Dian won from this constituency.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009
 
 37.40%
2004
 
 47.13%
2000
 
 61.47%
1995
 
 69.37%
1990
 
 45.41%
1985
 
 72.80%
1980
 
 69.47%
1977
 
 66.49%

Thirteen elections were held between 1961 and 2014. Elected members from the Kotpad constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2019 Padmini Dian[8][9] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Kotpad [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chandra Sekhar Majhi
BJD Padmini Dian
BJP Khageshwar Pujari
BSP Mangal Sai Majhi
Independent Neelakantha Pujari
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kotpad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chandra Sekhar Majhi 71018 48.08%
BJD Ashok Kumar Pangi 39697 26.88%
BJP Padmanav Majhi 20699 14.01%
BSP Basu Naik
CPI Suryamani Naik
OJM Golaka Bihari Majhi
RSP Trilochan Disari
NOTA None of the above 4863 3.29%
Majority 31321
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kotpad [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Basudev Majhi 45,603 37.40 -9.73
BJD Gopi Nath Nayak 34,369 28.19 -
BJP Padmanav Majhi 20,442 16.77 -
Independent Sadan Naik 9,775 8.02 -
Kalinga Sena Kamalu Bhatra 3,276 2.69 -
BSP Balaram Nayak 3,233 2.65 -
SAMO Bidyabati Challan 2,891 2.37 -
RSP Trilochan Disari 2,338 1.92 -
Majority 11,234 9.21[b] -
Turnout 1,21,930 73.31 -
INC hold Swing 1.39[c]

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ %of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 71.92%

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: Kotpad (142) District: Koraput
  3. ^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  4. ^ "Election Commission of India". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. ^ "88 - Kotpad Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 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. ^ "Kotpad Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 March 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. ^ "Election Commission of India". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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