Champua Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India

Champua
Constituency No. 25 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKendujhar
LS constituencyKeonjhar
Established1951
Total electors188,379
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Sanatan Mahakud
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2024

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

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2019
53.30%
2014
45.50%
2009
22.10%
2004
39.02%
2000
34.70%
1995
40.72%
1990
73.30%
1985
47.42%
1980
35.68%
1977
58.65%

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]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Champua
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sanatan Mahakud
BJP Murali Manohar Sharma
INC Yashwant Laghuri
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from

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.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Minakshi Mahanta 89,525 53.30 Increase46.60
BJP Murali Manohar Sharma 63,117 37.60 Increase33.00
INC Jadumani Barik 4,217 2.50 Increase1.00
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.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua
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.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua[10]
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

  1. ^ It was a 2 member constituency
  2. ^ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Constituency: Champua (25) District : Keonjhar
  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
  4. ^ "142 - Champua Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  9. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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