Junagarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Junagarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District Kalahandi
Blocks Junagarh, Golamunda
Electorate 2,15,715 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements Junagarh
Current constituency
Created 1951
Party BJD
MLA Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra
Const. No. 78
Lok Sabha Constituencies Kalahandi

Junagarh (Sl. No.: 78) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha, India.[2]

This constituency includes Junagarh, Junagarh block and Golamunda block.[3][4]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gobardhan Dash by a margin of 17,728 votes.[5]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [6]
2009
  
 31.48%
2004
  
 36.36%
2000
  
 47.62%
1995
  
 32.81%
1990
  
 43.02%
1985
  
 51.65%
1980
  
 46.67%
1977
  
 43.67%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Junagarh constituency are: [7][8]

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AAP Chinmaya Behera 1413 0.86 -
AOP Umakanta Tandi 1868 1.13 -
BJD Dibya Sankar Mishra 56443 34.21 -
BJP Anil Kumar Singh Deo 46498 28.19 -
BSP Manmath Benupani 1800 1.09 -
INC Gobardhan Dash 38715 23.47 -
CPI Damodar Behera 4166 2.53 -
SP Hara Prasad Bag 4731 2.87 -
OJM Pradeep Kumar Padhi 653 0.40 -
BMUP Suresh Chandan 818 0.50 -
SAMO Jatish Chandra Mohanty 2144 1.30 -
Kalinga Sena Rajesh Kumar Mund 822 0.50 -
RPI(A) Sobharam Roul 657 0.40 -
Independent Sudhanidhi Naik 1498 0.91 -
NOTA None 2747 1.67 -

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Gobardhan Dash 45,349 31.48 -
BJD Bira Sipka 38,812 26.94 -
BJP Himansu Sekhar Meher 34,334 23.83 -
Independent Suratha Sahu 6,118 4.25 -
SP Siba Hati 5,743 3.99 -
BSP Bamdev Durga 3,438 2.39 -
SAMO Satya Ranjan Behera 3,284 2.28 -
LJP Chintamani Bag 2,145 1.49 -
Independent Duryodhan Majhi 1,748 1.21 -
Independent Binod Kumar Nayak 1,662 1.15 -
RPI(A) Panchanan Dhangdamajhi 1,416 0.98 -
Majority 6,537 4.54[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,44,053 69.76 -
INC gain from BJP Swing 2.79[lower-alpha 3]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 66.97%

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Junagarh (78) District: Kalahandi
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2014 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 17,728
  6. ↑ "98 - Junagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  7. ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  8. ↑ "Junagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  9. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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