Sanakhemundi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sanakhemundi (Sl. No.: 130) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

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

Sanakhemundi
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictGanjam
BlocksSanakhemundi, Dharakote
Electorate1,96,248 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created2009
PartyINC
MLARamesh chandra Jena
Const. No.130
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesAska

This constituency includes Sanakhemundi block and Dharakote block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates
2014
 
 47.10%
2009
 
 50.35%

Elected members from the Sanakhemundi constituency are:[5]

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sanakhemundi [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nandini Devi 51,294 34.69 %
INC Ramesh Chandra Jena 75,021 50.74%
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
Turnout 68.22%
INC gain from BJD Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nandini Devi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena by a margin of 8,222 votes.[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sanakhemundi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nandini Devi 61,773 47.1
INC Ramesh Chandra 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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kishore Chandra Singh Deo by a margin of 23,593 votes.[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sanakhemundi [10]
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[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,00,278 55.88 -
INC win (new seat)

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes

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: Sanakhemundi (130) District: Ganjam
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "Sanakhemundi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  6. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  7. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  8. "Odisha - Sanakhemundi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 23593
  10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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