Nuapada | |
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Constituency No. 71 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Nuapada |
LS constituency | Kalahandi |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,24,021 [1][a] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent Rajendra Dholakia | |
Party | Biju Janata Dal |
Elected year | 2019 |
Nuapada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block.[3][4]
Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Nuapada constituency are:[6][7]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2019 | Rajndra Dholakia[8] | Biju Janata Dal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Rajendra Dholakia | 65,647 | 39.75 | 9.75 | |
INC | Ghasiram Majhi | 45,317 | 27.44 | 1.54 | |
BJP | Home Singh Majhi | 29,490 | 17.86 | 18.6 | |
Independent | Jadumani Panigrahi | 16,535 | 10.01 | ||
Independent | Lochan Singh Majhi | 2,285 | 1.38 | ||
BSP | Kunti Sahoo | 1,835 | 1.11 | 0.6 | |
SKD | Bharat Tripathi | 1,410 | 0.85 | ||
Independent | Bhujbal Adbong | 1,133 | 0.69 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,489 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 20,330 | 12.31 | |||
Turnout | 165141 | 73.71 | |||
BJD gain from BJP | Swing |
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Basanta Kumar Panda | 55,817 | 36.46 | 11.39 | |
BJD | Rajendra Dholakia | 46,207 | 30.18 | 11.44 | |
INC | Ghasi Ram Majhi | 39,654 | 25.90 | 9.47 | |
BSP | Kunti Sahoo | 2,611 | 1.71 | 11.33 | |
AOP | Iswar Chandra Thakur | 1,923 | 1.26 | ||
OJM | Rangadhar Majhi | 1,102 | 0.72 | ||
AAP | Surendra Prasad Panda | 943 | 0.62 | ||
SP | Lochan Singh Majhi | 924 | 0.6 | ||
Independent | Bharat Das | 834 | 0.54 | ||
SKD | Prabhat Kumar Dharua | 654 | 0.43 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,426 | 1.58 | - | |
Majority | 9,610 | 6.27 | - | ||
Turnout | 1,53,095 | 74.4 | 5.15 | ||
Registered electors | 2,05,761 | ||||
BJP gain from BJD |
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda by a margin of 22,620 votes.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Rajendra Dholakia | 56,874 | 41.62 | - | |
BJP | Basanta Kumar Panda | 34,254 | 25.07 | - | |
INC | Saroj Kumar Sahu | 22,450 | 16.43 | - | |
BSP | Ghasi Ram Majhi | 17,823 | 13.04 | - | |
SAMO | Surendra Prasad Panda | 3,192 | 2.34 | - | |
RPI(A) | Nityananda Bhoi | 2,056 | 1.50 | - | |
Majority | 22,620 | 16.55[b] | - | ||
Turnout | 1,36,656 | 69.25 | -2.24 [c] | ||
BJD gain from Independent |