Digapahandi
Constituency No. 134 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGanjam
LS constituencyBerhampur
Established1967
Total electors187,134[1][lower-alpha 1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant
Elected year2019

Digapahandi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

This constituency includes Digapahandi, Digapahandi block and 16 Gram panchayats (Rohigam, Baulajholi, Kukudakhandi, Masiakhali, Jagadalpur, Ankushpur, Dakshinapur, Ballipada, Dengapadar, Bontapalli, Anantayi, Lathi, Mohuda, Kankia, Sahala and Baghalati) of Kukudakhandi block.[3][4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[5] Party
1957 Anangamanjari Devi Indian National Congress
Mohana Nayak
1961 Raghunath Mahapatra
2009 Surjya Narayan Patro Biju Janata Dal
2014[6]
2019[7]

Election Results

2019

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Digapahandi[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surya Narayan Patra 75,016 54.66%
BJP Pinky Pradhan 34564 25.19%
INC Prafulla Panda 17815 12.98%
Independent Uttam Kumar Panigrahy 5234 3.81%
NOTA None of the above 2185 1.59%
ANC Bhagaban Sahoo 1239 0.9%
BSP Pabitra Kumar Tripathy 1179 0.86%
Majority 40452
Turnout 137232 63.99%
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate Saka Sujit Kumar by a margin of 45,897 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surjya Narayan Patro 78,949 61.46 -0.29
INC Saka Sujit Kumar 33,052 25.73 -5.0
BJP Bijaya Kumar Swain 7,771 6.05 2.15
CPI(M) Bidyadhar Jena 2,399 1.87
AAP Kuresh Maharana 1,949 1.52
Independent Pratap Kumar Sethy 1,119 0.87
SKD Bandana Maharana 830 0.65
NOTA None of the above 2,397 1.87 -
Majority 45,897 35.73 4.71
Turnout 1,28,466 68.65 5.83
Registered electors 1,87,134
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surya Narayana Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 32,763 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surya Narayana Patro 65,219 61.75 -
INC V. Rabi Narayan Raju 32,456 30.73 -
BJP Shreedhar Dev 4,119 3.90 -
Independent Saka Balaji 2,288 2.17 -
SAMO Promod Sabat 1,542 1.46 -
Majority 32,763 31.02[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,05,630 62.82 -

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: Digapahandi (134) District: Ganjam
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "Digapahandi Election and Results 2019, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ↑ "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)
  7. ↑ "Digapahandi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 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. ↑ News18 (2019). "Digapahandi Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Digapahandi Constituency (Seat) Election Results". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Odisha - Digapahandi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Digapahandi (134)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 32763
  14. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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