Chikiti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chikiti (Sl. No.: 135) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Chikiti.

Chikiti
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictGanjam
BlocksChikiti, Patrapur
Electorate1,86,643 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsChikiti
Current constituency
Created1967
PartyBJD
MLAUsha Devi
Const. No.135
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBerhampur

This constituency includes Chikiti N.A.C., Chikiti Block and Patrapur Block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 58.76%
2009
 
 52.79%
2004
 
 49.85%
2000
 
 55.63%
1995
 
 46.03%
1990
 
 59.93%
1985
 
 61.74%
1980
 
 35.91%
1977
 
 52.14%

Twelve elections were held between 1967 and 2014. Elected members from the Chikiti constituency are:[6][7]

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Usha Devi
INC Subas Raut
BJP Manoranjan Dyan Samantara
ANC Pramodini Sahu
AIFB Bibhudhendra Padhi
Independent Saroj Kumar Panda
Independent Surendra Mandal
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mano Ranjan Dyana Samantara by a margin of 32,148 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Usha Devi 74,849 58.76 5.97
INC Manoranjan Dyan Samantara 42,701 33.52 -5.64
SKD Amulya Kumar Sahu 1,058 0.83
BJP Udaya Nath Pradhan 4,590 3.6 0.17
AAP Salina Umashankar 770
OJM Rama Prasad Mohanty 626 0.49
Independent Ashok Kumar Panda 625 0.49
Independent Bibhudhendra Padhy 500 0.39
Independent Surendra Mandal 451 0.35
NOTA None of the above 1,203 0.94 -
Majority 32,148 25.24 11.61
Turnout 1,27,373 68.24 7.56
Registered electors 1,86,643
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Usha Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chintamani Dyan Samantara by a margin of 14,229 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chikiti [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Usha Devi 55,099 52.79 2.94
INC Chintamani Dyan Samantara 40,870 39.16 -
BJP Kanhu Charan Pati 3,580 3.43 -
BSP Bibhudhendra Padhi 957 0.92 -
Independent Surendra Mandal 857 0.82 -
LJP Gouri Prasad Patnaik 697 0.67 -
SAMO Rama Prasad Mahanty 664 0.64 -
Independent Prafulla Chandra Pati 640 0.61 -
Independent Rajanee Kanta Pradhan 601 0.58 -
Independent Rabindra Kumar Das 400 0.38 -
Majority 14,229 13.63[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,04,367 60.68 -
BJD hold Swing -4.81 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.49%

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Chikiti (135) District: Ganjam
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "76 - Chikiti Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Chikiti Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. "Odisha - Chikiti". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Chikiti (135)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 14229
  13. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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