Kakatpur

Kakatpur (Sl. No.: 105) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2] This constituency includes Konark, Kakatpur block, Astarang block and 13 Gram panchayats (Jangalbori, Birtung, Baulanga, Desthali, Dhumala, Sorava, Mahalapada, Achutapur, Banakhandi, Simmili, Sutan, Tarakora and Badagaon) of Gop block.[3][4]

Kakatpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
"Kakatpur from Odisha capital Bhubaneswar "
DistrictPuri
BlocksKakatpur, Astarang, Gop
Electorate2,20,522 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsKonark
Current constituency
Created1957
PartyBJD
MLATusharkanti Behera
Const. No.105
Reserved forScheduled Castes
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesJagatsinghpur

Kakatpur is also a famous spiritual place . Maa Mangala Temple in Kakatpur is a famous Devi Peeth. This is a 15th-century temple and a symbol of the ancient heritage of Kalinga. Devi Peeth is Kaktpur Mangala in the Puri District, near river Prachi. Maa Mangala was residing in the river Prachi and manifested herself through a boatman and the temple was built for her worship. Though the temple is around 600 years old, Maa mangala has a very ancient history related to Lord Jagannaths nava kalevar.

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 57.42%
2009
 
 52.57%
2004
 
 46.31%
2000
 
 55.89%
1995
 
 47.76%
1990
 
 56.21%
1985
 
 49.64%
1980
 
 47.09%
1977
 
 62.56%

Fourteen elections were held between 1957 and 2014. Elected member from the Kakatpur constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2014: (105): Surendra Sethi (BJD)
  • 2009: (105): Rabi Mallick (BJD)
  • 2004: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD)
  • 2000: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD)
  • 1995: (54): Baikunthanath Swain (Congress)
  • 1990: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Party)
  • 1980: (54): Baikunthanath Swain (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (54): Brundaban Patra (Congress)
  • 1971: (50): Surendra Nath Naik (Utkal Congress)
  • 1967: (50): Gati Krushna Swain (CPI)
  • 1961: (94): Upendra Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1957: (66): Bharat Das (CPI)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Tusarakanti Behera 91,897 53.68 -3.74
INC Biswabhusan Das 46,206 26.99 -4.24
BJP Rabi Mallick 30,771 17.98
NOTA None of the above 736 0.43
Majority 45,691
Turnout 170,889
Tusharkanti Behera gain from Biswa Bhusan Das Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rabindra Kumar Sethy by a margin of 41,030 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Surendra Sethi 89,963 57.42 4.85
INC Rabindra Kumar Sethy 48,933 31.23 3.67
BJP Tusharkanti Behera 12,093 7.72 4.69
CPI Kamal Kumar Behera 3,609 2.3 -
CPI (ML) Liberation Sanjay Kumar Kandi 722 0.46 -
OJM Madhab Mallik 513 0.33 -
NOTA None 838 0.53 -
Majority 41,030 26.19 -
Turnout 1,56,671 71.05 5.41
Registered electors 2,20,522
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 15,221 votes.[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kakatpur[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Rabi Mallick 74,114 52.57 6.26
INC Biswa Bhusan Das 58,893 27.56 -
BJP Iswar Chandra Behera 4,273 3.03 -
Independent Narendra Kumar Behera 1,411 1.00 -
BSP Prasant Kumar Rout 727 0.52 -
Independent Dwarika Nath Dash 625 0.44 -
Independent Bhagaban Sethy 489 0.35 -
Independent Laxmidhar Kandi 459 0.33 -
Majority 15,221 10.80[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,41,062 65.64 -5.74[lower-alpha 3]
BJD hold

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.38%

References
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  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
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  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. "Kakatpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. "Odisha - Kakatpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kakatpur (105)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 15221
  12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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