Champua Assembly constituency
| Champua | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 25 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Kendujhar |
| LS constituency | Keonjhar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 188,379 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Champua is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.[1]
Area of this constituency includes Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs (Kodagadia, Jamudalak, Rajia, Kalikaprasad, Rimuli, Badanai, Sarei, Champua, Kutariposi, Sunaposi, Karanjia, Rangamatia, Uchabali, Bhanda, Kashipal, Padua and Chandrasekharpur) of Champua block.[2][3]
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.
List of members elected from Champua constituency are:[5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sanatan Mahakud | BJD | |
| 2019 | Minakshi Mahanta[6][7] | BJD | |
| 2014 | Sanatan Mahakud | Independent | |
| 2009 | Jitu Patnaik | Independent | |
| 2004 | Dhanurjay Laguri | INC | |
| 2000 | Saharai Oram | Independent | |
| 1995 | Dhanurjay Laguri | INC | |
| 1990 | Saharai Oram | JD | |
| 1985 | Dhanurjay Laguri | INC | |
| 1980 | Saharai Oram | JP(S) | |
| 1977 | Saharai Oram | JP | |
| 1974 | Guru Charan Naik | INC | |
| 1971 | Saharai Oram | Utkal Congress | |
| 1967 | Kshetra Mohan Nayak | SWA | |
| 1961 | Guru Charan Naik | SWA | |
| 1957[a] | Guru Charan Naik | AIGP | |
| Raj Ballabh Mishra | AIGP | ||
| 1951 | Guru Charan Naik | AIGP | |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sanatan Mahakud | 103,120 | 56.45 |  3.15
| |
| BJP | Murali Manohar Sharma | 63,126 | 34.56 |  3.04
| |
| INC | Yashwant Laghuri | 8,649 | 4.73 | 2.23
| |
| BSP | Jayi Munda | 1,303 | 0.71 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,343 | 0.74 | 0.34
| |
| Majority | 39,994 | ||||
| Turnout | 182,668 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Minakshi Mahanta defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Murali Manohar Sharma by a margin of 26,408 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Minakshi Mahanta | 89,525 | 53.30 | 46.60
| |
| BJP | Murali Manohar Sharma | 63,117 | 37.60 | 33.00
| |
| INC | Jadumani Barik | 4,217 | 2.50 | 1.00
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 750 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 26,408 | 15.70 | |||
| Turnout | 168851 | 74.45 | |||
| BJD gain from Independent | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Independent candidate Sanatan Mahakud defeated Independent candidate Kusha Apat by a margin of 14678 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sanatan Mahakud | 69,635 | 45.50 | ||
| Independent | Kusha Apat | 54,957 | 35.90 | ||
| BJD | Papu Pom Pom | 10,233 | 6.70 | ||
| BJP | Girish Chandra Mahanta | 7,070 | 4.60 | ||
| INC | Kshetra Mohan Mahanta | 2,332 | 1.50 | ||
| Majority | 14,678 | 9.60 | |||
| Turnout | 156287 | 78.81 | |||
| Independent gain from Independent | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Independent candidate Jitu Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of 145 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jitu Patnaik | 27,700 | 22.10 | − | |
| INC | Sanatan Mahakud | 27,555 | 21.98 | − | |
| Independent | Kusha Apat | 26,280 | 20.96 | − | |
| BJP | Murali Manohar Sharma | 18,881 | 15.06 | − | |
| CPI | Bidyadhar Mahanta | 9,356 | 7.46 | − | |
| Majority | 145 | 0.12[b] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,363 | 66.55 | − | ||
| Independent gain from INC | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
Constituency: Champua (25) District : Keonjhar
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- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "142 - Champua Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.