Kuchinda Assembly constituency

Kuchinda is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district.[1]

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

Kuchinda (ST)
Constituency No. 15 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictSambalpur
LS constituencySambalpur
Established1967
Total electors2,16,570
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Area of this constituency includes Kuchinda, Kuchinda block, Bamra block and Jamankira block.[2][3]

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates
2024
 
 51.83%
2019
 
 41.71%
2014
 
 43.44%
2009
 
 39.01%
2004
 
 49.4%
2000
 
 52.43%
1995
 
 53.47%
1990
 
 62.05%
1985
 
 79.06%
1980
 
 76.18%
1977
 
 52.18%

Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Kuchinda constituency are:[4][5]

Year Member Party
2024 Rabi Narayan Naik BJP
2019 Kishore Chandra Naik[6][7] BJD
2014 Rabi Narayan Naik BJP
2009 Rajendra Kumar Chhatria INC
2004 Rabi Narayan Naik BJP
2000
1995 Panu Chandra Naik INC
1990 Brundaban Majhi JD
1985 Jagateswar Mirdha INC
1980
1977
1974
1971 Congress (R)
1967 Kanhai Singh SWA

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria by a margin of 32,220 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 95,716 51.83 12.14
BJD Rajendra Kumar Chhatria 63,496 34.39
INC Kedarnath Bariha 21,285 11.53
NOTA None of the above 2,782 1.51
Majority 32,220 17.44
Turnout 1,84,661
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 3,508 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kishore Chandra Naik 72,601 41.71 12.28
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 69,093 39.69 3.75
INC Sovaram Padhan 24,795 14.24 6.57
BSP Ratha Munda 1930 1.11 0.44
AAP Abhilas Prasant Manki 950 0.55 0.28
HND Padmini Bhoi 784 0.45
Independent Sankar Bagh 1105 0.63
NOTA None of the above 2805 1.61 0.22
Majority 3508 2.02
Turnout 174063 80.37
BJD gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhubaneswar Kisan by a margin of 22,064 votes.[10]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 68,409 43.44 14.53
BJD Bhubaneswar Kisan 46,345 29.43 8.08
INC Rajendra Kumar Chhatria 32,770 20.81 18.2
BSP Deepak Pradhan 2,445 1.55 0.12
JMM Binod Toppo 1,732 1.1 1.50
AOP Padmalochan Majhi 1,602 1.02 -
AAP Linkan Kumar Kindo 1,306 0.83 -
NOTA None of the above 2,886 1.83 -
Majority 22,064 14.09
Turnout 1,57,495 81.53
Registered electors 1,93,175
BJP gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 12,712 votes.[13]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajendra Kumar Chhatria 49,112 39.01 -
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 36,400 28.91 -
BJD Brundaban Majhi 26,885 21.35 -
JMM Istiphan Topno 3,273 2.60 -
Independent Sadananda Kujur 3,070 2.44 -
BSP Gopinath Naik 2,098 1.67 -
SAMO Banthu Kechhua 1,537 1.22 -
KOKD Minasi Majhi 1,382 1.10 -
Independent Bipra Charan Bagh 1,269 1.01 -
Independent Gajendra Bhoi 870 0.69 -
Majority 12,712 10.10[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout 1,25,916 67.43
INC gain from BJP

Notes
  1. % of total valid votes

References
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  3. "Seats of Odisha".
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  9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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