Chhatrapur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chhatrapur (Sl. No.: 127) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

Chhatrapur
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictGanjam
BlocksChhatrapur, Ganjam
Electorate2,03,966 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsChhatrapur, Ganjam, Rambha
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLAPriyanshu Pradhan
Const. No.127
Reserved forScheduled Castes
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBerhampur

This constituency includes Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Rambha, Chhatrapur block and Ganjam block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 38.33%
2009
 
 44.26%
2004
 
 52.56%
2000
 
 42.59%
1995
 
 40.80%
1990
 
 62.56%
1985
 
 47.76%
1980
 
 47.43%
1977
 
 46.93%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Chhatrapur constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2014: (127): Priyanshu Pradhan (BJD)
  • 2009: (127): Adikanda Sethi (CPI)
  • 2004: (72): Nagireddy Narayan Reddy (CPI)
  • 2000: (72): Rama Chandra Panda (BJP)
  • 1995: (72): Daitari Behera (Congress)
  • 1990: (72): Parsuram Panda (CPI)
  • 1985: (72): Ashok Kumar Choudhury (Congress)
  • 1980: (72): Biswanath Sahu (CPI)
  • 1977: (72): Biswanath Sahu (CPI)
  • 1974: (72): Daitari Behera (Utkal Congress)
  • 1971: (68): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI)
  • 1967: (68): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI)
  • 1961: (20): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI)
  • 1957: (15): Yatiraj Proharaj (Congress)
  • 1951: (102): V . Sitaramaya (Independent)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Subash Chandra Behera 5500 80 90
CPI Pradeep Kumar Sethy 2377 43 78
BJP Prasanta Kumar Kar 4783 68 90
BSP Ramahari Behera 1200 37 28
RIM Natabara Behera 1589 37 40
Independent Chaitanya Pradhan 1708 38 40
Independent Sasmita Kar 2409 37 46
Independent Surendra Behera 2390 48 53
NOTA None of the above 256
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing 22486

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Priyanshu Pradhan defeated Communist Party of India candidate Krushna Chandra Nayak by a margin of 22,019 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Priyanshu Pradhan 53,221 38.33
CPI Krushna Chandra Nayak 31,202 22.47 -21.79
BJP Dharanidhar Behera 27,511 19.81 -8.61
INC Banamali Sethi 21,151 15.23 -5.97
AAP Ritu Kumari Sethi 1,271 0.92
Independent E. Pramod Kumar 1,177 0.85
AITC Natabara Behera 1,111 0.8
NOTA None of the above 2,211 1.59 -
Majority 22,019 15.86 0.01
Turnout 1,38,855 68.08 12.85
Registered electors 2,03,966
BJD gain from CPI

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Communist Party of India candidate Adikanda Sethi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagaban Behera by a margin of 16,557 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI Adikanda Sethi 46,244 44.26 -8.3
BJP Bhagaban Behera 29,687 28.42 -
INC Somanath Behera 22,146 21.20 -
Independent Dasarathi Behera 3,789 3.63 -
SAMO Natabara Behera 2,605 2.49 -
Majority 16,557 15.85[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,04,507 55.23 -
CPI hold Swing -4.21 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 59.44%

References
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  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Chhatrapur (127) District: Ganjam
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "72 - Chatrapur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Chhatrapur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. "Odisha - Chhatrapur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Chhatrapur (127)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 16557
  13. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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