Salepur-Tangi
Constituency No. 94 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictCuttack
LS constituencyKendrapara
Established1951
Total electors2,10,046[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Salepur-Tangi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Salepur block and 11 Gram panchayats (Govindpur, Jaripada, Harianta, Napanga, Bhatimunda, Kanheipur, Uchapada, Kotsahi, Garudagaon, Safa and Salagaon) of Tangi-Chowdwar block.[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2009
 
 47.35%
2004
 
 52.96%
2000
 
 53.64%
1995
 
 43.64%
1990
 
 75.97%
1985
 
 50.66%
1980
 
 58.82%
1977
 
 69.62%

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

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

Election results

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Behera is ahead of BJP candidate Prakash Chandra Behera by a healthy margin as people are happy with the BJD candidate Prasant Behera.[9]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Salepur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prasant Behera 104,218 -
BJP Prakash Chandra Behera 70014 -
Majority [b] -
Turnout 1,40,198 70.17 -
Registered electors 2,10,810
BJD hold Swing -0.51[c]

Notes

  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ % of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 70.68%

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: Salepur (94) District: Cuttack
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "41 - Salepur (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Salepur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ^ a b "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2019 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 1277

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