Ghasipura Assembly constituency

Ghasipura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.[1]

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

Ghasipura
Constituency No. 21 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKendujhar
LS constituencyKeonjhar
Established2009
Total electors220,501
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2024

Area of this constituency include Ghatgaon, Ghatagaon block, Ghasipura block and 2 GPs (Dhakotha and Kolimati) of Anandapur block.[2][3]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates
2024
 
 43.96%
2019
 
 49.98%
2014
 
 66.03%
2009
 
 52.85%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Ghasipura constituency is:[5]

Year Member Party
2024 Badri Narayan Patra BJD
2019 Badri Narayan Patra[6][7] BJD
2014 Badri Narayan Patra BJD
2009 Badri Narayan Patra BJD

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Ghasipura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Badri Narayan Patra 82,516 43.96 6.02
Independent Soumya Ranjan Patnaik 68,705 36.60 new
BJP Shambhunath Rout 23,813 12.69 3.19
Independent Debendra Nath Swain 2,897 1.54
INC Subrat Kumar Chakra 2,807 1.50 29.66
NOTA None of the above 1,844 0.98 0.07
Majority 13,811
Turnout 187,707
BJD hold Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 32,668 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Badri Narayan Patra 86,816 49.98 16.55
INC Niranjan Patnaik 54,128 31.16 23.87
BJP Prithviraj Kuanr 27,579 15.88 3.57
AIFB Rabinarayan Hota 573 0.33 -
HND Kishor Kumar Palei 867 0.5 -
Kalinga Sena Jagabandhu Mahanta 743 0.43 1.56
Independent Sukumar Puhan 1,425 0.82 -
NOTA None of the above 1,579 0.91
Majority 32668 18.80
Turnout 173710[10] 78.78
BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Satyabrata Panda by a margin of 88,602 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ghasipura [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Badri Narayan Patra 108,900 66.03 13.18
BJP Satyabrata Panda 20298 12.31 5.74
INC Prithviraj Kuanr 12018 7.29 28.22
BSP Bijaya Kumar Rana 1168 0.71 0.14
Kalinga Sena Jagabandhu Mahanta 3279 1.99 -
AAP Pramod Kumar Sahoo 899 0.55 -
Biju SD Hemanta Kumar Nayak 664 0.4 -
Independent Rama Chandra Behera 15849 9.61 -
NOTA None 1856 1.13
Registered electors 197,858
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Badri Narayan Patra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Niranjan Patnaik by a margin of 25,554 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Ghasipura[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Badri Narayan Patra 77,890 52.85 -
INC Niranjan Patnaik 52,336 35.51 -
BJP Santosh Kumar Rout 9,689 6.57 -
Independent Rabinarayan Hota 1,706 1.16 -
Independent Pradeep Kumar Pradhan 1,537 1.04 -
BSP Kedarnatha Aruk 1,260 0.85 -
Samruddha Odisha Dr. Kumudini Pattanayak 1,137 0.77 -
Rastrawadi Sena Mahadev Mahanta 702 0.48 -
Independent Akshaya Kumar Dhir 583 0.40 -
RPI(A) Bapi Singh 532 0.36 -
Majority 25,554 17.34[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout 1,47,411 78.06
BJD win (new seat)

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Constituency: Ghasipura (21) District : Keonjhar
  2. "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
  3. "Seats of Odisha".
  4. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
  5. "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)
  6. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. "Odisha Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  11. "Ghasipura Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 145
  13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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