Digapahandi (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Digapahandi | |
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Constituency No. 134 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Ganjam |
LS constituency | Berhampur |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 187,134[1][a] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Vacant | |
Elected year | 2019 |
Digapahandi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Digapahandi, Digapahandi block and 17 Gram panchayats (Rohigam, Baulajholi, Kukudakhandi, Masiakhali, Jagadalpur, Ankushpur, Dakshinapur, Ballipada,Lanjia, Dengapadar, Bontapalli, Anantayi, Lathi, Mohuda, Kankia, Sahala and Baghalati) of Kukudakhandi block.[3][4]
Constituency didn't existed in between 1967 & 2004. It was revived in 2008 Delimitation[5] and went for polls in 2009 election.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1957, 6 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.
List of members elected from Digapahandi constituency are
Year | Name | Party | |
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2024 | |||
2019 | Surjya Narayan Patro[6] | BJD | |
2014 | Surjya Narayan Patro[7] | BJD | |
2009 | Surjya Narayan Patro | BJD | |
1967-2004 : Constituency did not exist
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1961 | Raghunath Mahapatra | INC | |
1957[b] | Mohan Naik | INC | |
Ananga Manjari Devi | INC |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Biplab Patro | ||||
BJP | Sidhant Mohapatra | ||||
INC | Saka Sujit Kumar | ||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from |
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 40,452 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Surjya Narayan Patro | 75,016 | 54.66 | ||
BJP | Pinky Pradhan | 34564 | 25.19 | ||
INC | Prafulla Panda | 17815 | 12.98 | ||
Independent | Uttam Kumar Panigrahy | 5234 | 3.81 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2185 | 1.59 | ||
ANC | Bhagaban Sahoo | 1239 | 0.9 | ||
BSP | Pabitra Kumar Tripathy | 1179 | 0.86 | ||
Majority | 40452 | 29.47 | |||
Turnout | 137232 | 63.99 | |||
BJD hold |
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate Saka Sujit Kumar by a margin of 45,897 votes.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Surjya Narayan Patro | 78,949 | 61.46 | -0.29 | |
INC | Saka Sujit Kumar | 33,052 | 25.73 | -5.0 | |
BJP | Bijaya Kumar Swain | 7,771 | 6.05 | 2.15 | |
CPI(M) | Bidyadhar Jena | 2,399 | 1.87 | ||
AAP | Kuresh Maharana | 1,949 | 1.52 | ||
Independent | Pratap Kumar Sethy | 1,119 | 0.87 | ||
SKD | Bandana Maharana | 830 | 0.65 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,397 | 1.87 | - | |
Majority | 45,897 | 35.73 | 4.71 | ||
Turnout | 1,28,466 | 68.65 | 5.83 | ||
Registered electors | 1,87,134 | ||||
BJD hold |
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 32,763 votes.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Surjya Narayan Patro | 65,219 | 61.75 | - | |
INC | V. Rabi Narayan Raju | 32,456 | 30.73 | - | |
BJP | Shreedhar Dev | 4,119 | 3.90 | - | |
Independent | Saka Balaji | 2,288 | 2.17 | - | |
SAMO | Promod Sabat | 1,542 | 1.46 | - | |
Majority | 32,763 | 31.02[c] | - | ||
Turnout | 1,05,630 | 62.82 | - | ||
BJD win (new seat) |
Notes
References
- ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
Constituency: Digapahandi (134) District: Ganjam
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
- ^ "Digapahandi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ News18 (2019). "Digapahandi Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Digapahandi Constituency (Seat) Election Results". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Digapahandi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Digapahandi (134)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.