Athmallik (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Athmallik (Sl. No.: 63) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.[1]

Athmallik
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictAngul
BlocksAthmallik, Angul, Banarpal
Electorate1,72,930
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLARamesh Chandra Sai
Const. No.63
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesSambalpur

This constituency includes Athmallik, Athmallik block, Kishorenagar block and 9 GPs (Antulia, Saradhapur, Matiasahi, Manikajodi, Jagannathpur, Tainsi, Kothabhuin, Tikarpada and Purunakote) of Angul block.[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mousumi Pradhan by a margin of 18,981 votes.[4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 44.85%
2009
 
 48.46%
2004
 
 45.77%
2000
 
 59.77%
1995
 
 47.64%
1990
 
 53.84%
1985
 
 48.06%
1980
 
 60.32%
1977
 
 50.48%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye-Election in 1955.[6] Elected members from the Athmallik constituency are:[7][8]

  • 2014: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
  • 2009: (63): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
  • 2004: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
  • 2000: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (BJD)
  • 1995: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
  • 1990: (115): Nagendra Kumar Pradhan (CPI-M)
  • 1985: (115): Amarnath Pradhan (Congress)
  • 1980: (115): Santosh Kumar Pradhan (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (115): Balakrushna Pattanayak (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (115): Bhajaman Behera (Utkal Congress)
  • 1971: (140): Raja Kishore Pradhan (Praja Socialist Party)
  • 1967: (140): Surendra Pradhan (CPI-M)
  • 1961: (80): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1957: (54): Khetramohan Panigrahhi (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1951: (13, Bye-Election): K. C. Deo (Congress)
  • 1951: (13): Dwitiya Raul (Congress)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Ramesh Chandra Sai 86130 50
INC Bijayananda Chaulia 30888
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 38965
BSP Hrusikesh Luha
SUCI(C) Ramani Ranjan Pradhan
Independent Sarat Chandra Mahapatra
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 19,533 votes.[10][11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 63,226 44.85 -
INC Surendra Kumar Pradhan 43,693 31.0 -
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 22,463 15.93 -
Independent Ramani Ranjan Pradhan 2,748 1.95 -
Independent Prafulla Kumar Chaulia 2,312 1.64 -
BSP Ananda Chandra Behera 1,920 1.36 -
Kalinga Sena Pradeep Kumar Sahoo 723 0.51 -
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 706 0.5 -
Independent Mitrughna Mahakhuda 683 0.48 -
AAP Prasadi Behera 609 0.43 -
PVP Bhramarbara Sahu 434 0.31 -
NOTA None of the above 1,450 1.03 -
Majority 19,533 13.86 -1.25
Turnout 1,40,967 79.69 7.02
Registered electors 1,76,891
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Athmallik [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo 61,388 48.86 2.69
INC Mousumi Pradhan 42,407 33.75 -
BJP Bhagirathi Pradhan 12,674 10.09 -
Independent Dattatreya Mishra 3,297 2.62 -
SAMO Binod Kumar Pradhan 1,677 1.33 -
Independent Santilata Behera 995 0.79 -
Independent Bijaya Kumar Sahoo 889 0.71 -
Independent Tapan Kumar Mishra 883 0.70 -
Independent Artatrana Behera 856 0.68 -
Independent Karunakar Nayak 571 0.45 -
Majority 18,981 15.11[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,25,672 72.67 -
BJD gain from INC Swing {{{swing}}}

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes
gollark: Yes, but it's only 150 lines of code or something.
gollark: osmarkslisp™?
gollark: (inevitably)
gollark: Thus, in kernel Lua.
gollark: Asm2bf has a Lua preprocessor however, no?

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Constituency: Athmallik (63) District : Agul
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 5 March 2014. 18981
  5. "115 - Athmallik Assembly Constituency". 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1955-2012)" (PDF). Govt. Of Odisha. 2011. p. 450. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Athmallik Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014". Empowering India. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  12. "Odisha - Athmallik". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  13. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Athmallik (63)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  14. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.