Ghasipura Assembly constituency
Ghasipura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.[1]
| Ghasipura | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 21 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Kendujhar |
| LS constituency | Keonjhar |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 220,501 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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
Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Ghasipura constituency is:[5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Badri Narayan Patra | ||||
| BJP | Shambhunath Rout | ||||
| INC | Subrata Chakra | ||||
| Independent | Soumya Ranjan Patnaik | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
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.
| 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.
| 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]
| 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[a] | |||
| Turnout | 1,47,411 | 78.06 | |||
| BJD win (new seat) | |||||