Sanakhemundi Assembly constituency

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Sanakhemundi
Constituency No. 130 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGanjam
LS constituencyAska
Established2009
Total electors196,248 on 1 January 2014[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2019

Sanakhemundi is a constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Odisha (Vidhan Sabha) in Ganjam district, Odisha, India.[2]

This constituency includes Sanakhemundi and Dharakote blocks.[2]

Elected members[edit]

Vote share of winning candidates
2009
50.35%
2014
47.10%
2019
50.74%

Elected members from the Sanakhemundi constituency are:[3]

Year Member Party
2009 Ramesh Chandra Jena Indian National Congress
2014 Nandini Devi Biju Janata Dal
2019 Ramesh Chandra Jena[4][5] Indian National Congress

Election results[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramesh Jena 75,021 50.74
BJD Nandini Devi 51,294 34.69 %
BJP Bijaya Kumar Swain 15,335 10.37%
BSP Gariba Naik 1378 0.93%
Independent Pratap Chandra Pradhan 2052 1.39%
NOTA None of the above 2765 1.87%
Majority 23,727
Turnout 68.22%
INC gain from BJD Swing

2014[edit]

In the 2014 election, the Biju Janata Dal candidate, Nandini Devi, defeated the Indian National Congress candidate, Ramesh Chandra Jena, by a margin of 8,222 votes.

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nandini Devi 61,773 47.1
INC Ranjan jena 53,551 40.83 -9.52
BJP Birkishore Dev 6,053 4.61 -22.21
CPI Antarjyami Swain 4,933 3.76 -11.22
BSP Sirish Charan Mishra 1,347 1.03
AAP Kadmi Ramesh Kumar Dora 1,232 0.94
NOTA None 2,275 1.73 -
Majority 8,222 6.27 -
Turnout 1,31,164 66.84 10.96
Registered electors 1,96,248
BJD gain from INC

2009[edit]

In the 2009 election, the Indian National Congress candidat, Ramesh Chandra Jena, defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Kishore Chandra Singh Deo, by a margin of 23,593 votes.

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sanakhemundi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramesh Chandra Jena 50,487 50.35 -
BJP Kishore Chandra Singh Deo 26,894 26.82 -
CPI N. narayan Reddy 15,023 14.98 -
Independent Bhala Chandra Sadhangi 4,519 4.51 -
RSP Chhabilal Swain 1,961 1.96 -
SP Dillip Kumar Patro 1,389 1.39 -
Majority 23,593 23.53 -
Turnout 1,00,278 55.88 -
INC win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Sanakhemundi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Zee News. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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