Khurda (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Khordha
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Khordha
Blocks	Khordha, Tangi
Electorate	2,13,691[1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Khordha
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo
Const. No.	117
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Bhubaneswar

Khurda (Sl. No.: 117) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.^[2]

This constituency includes Khordha, Khurda block and 8 Gram panchayats (Palatotapada, Bajapur, Nijigarhtapanga, Kanpur, Dhaulimuhan, Brajamohanpur, Naranagarh, Godipada, Jankia, Golabaisasan, Orabarasingh, Kuradhamalla, Bangida and Kaipadar) of Khurda block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			45.62%
2009			28.85%
2004			49.70%
2000			34.84%
1995			45.60%
1990			65.37%
1985			67.62%
1980			48.76%
1977			35.50%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye election in 1998.^[6] Elected members from the Khurda constituency are: ^[7][8]

• 2014: (117): Rajendra Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2009: (117): Rajendra Kumar Sahoo (Independent)
• 2004: (59): Jyotirindra Nath Mitra (BJD)
• 2000: (59): Jyotirindra Nath Mitra (Independent)
• 1998: (Bye Poll): Dillip Srichandan (Congress)
• 1995: (59): Prasanna Kumar Patasani (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (59): Prasanna Kumar Patsani (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (59): Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (Congress)
• 1980: (59): Prasanna Kumar Patsani (Congress-I)
• 1977: (59): Sudarsan Mohanty (Janata Party)
• 1974: (59): Benudhar Baliarsingh (Congress)
• 1971: (55): Benudhar Baliarsingh (JAC)
• 1967: (55): Raja Birakishore Dev (JAC)
• 1961: (87): Banamali Patnaik (Congress)
• 1957: (60): Prananath Pattnaik (CPI)
• 1951: (90): Madhab Chandra Routray (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jyotirindra Nath Mitra by a margin of 6,597 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo	72,299	45.62	-
	BJP	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra	65,702	41.46	19.91
	INC	Dillip Srichandan	12,202	7.7	-2.18
	AOP	Prakash Samantaray	2,965	1.87	-
	BSP	Rajkishore Nayak	762	0.48	-0.2
	Independent	Debi Prasad Pattnaik	713	0.45	-
	Independent	Laxmikanta Mishra	654	0.41	-
	AAP	Sudhir Kumar Mansingh	533	0.34	-
	SP	Dibakar Maharathy	472	0.3	-
	Independent	Rudranath Dutta	406	0.26	-
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Dalasinghray	374	0.24	-
	Independent	Rajib Lochan Sarangi	274	0.17	-
	Independent	Pramod Chandra Dash	190	0.12	-
	NOTA	None	932	0.59	-
Majority			6,597	4.16
Turnout			1,58,478	74.16	12.98
Registered electors			2,13,691
	BJD gain from Independent

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo defeated Independent candidate Jyotirindra Nath Mitra by a margin of 3,235 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo	36,407	28.85	-
	Independent	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra	33,172	26.29	-
	BJP	Dr. Dillip Srichandan	27,197	21.55	-
	INC	Sk. Abdul Bari	12,474	9.88	-
	CPI(M)	Sivaji Patnaik	11,181	8.86	-
	Independent	Bijay Pradhan	1,963	1.56	-
	RSP	Sachidananda Behera	1,759	1.39	-
	SAMO	Rabinarayan Behera	1,185	0.94	-
	BSP	Sushant Sethi	860	0.68	-
Majority			3,235	2.56[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,26,208	61.18	-3.53 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			2,06,289
	Independent gain from BJD

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.51%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
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6. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
7. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
8. "Khurda Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
10. "Odisha - Khurda". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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13. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf