Mahanga Assembly constituency

Mahanga
Mahanga
Constituency No. 95 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Cuttack
LS constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	2,33,950
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sarada Prasad Padhan
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Mahanga is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Mahanga block and 26 Gram panchayats (Fagola, Ramakrushnpur, Jignipur, Nischintakoili, Narendrapur, Nagaspur, Daudpur, Sukarpada, Asureswar, Taratasasan, Palisahi, Jamara, Orti, Kentalo, Baliapada, Kerilo, Buhalo, Kendupatana, Jhadeswarpur, Bandhakatia, Natakai, Kolanpur, Katikata, Katarpara, Jairampur, Barado and Sarapada) Nischintakoili block.^[3]^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2024			42.86%
2019			53.13%
2014			49.34%
2009			56.82%
2004			53.42%
2000			50.52%
1995			51.69%
1990			57.84%
1985			52.66%
1980			49.05%
1977			63.83%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.^[6]

List of members elected from Mahanga constituency are:^[7]^[8]

Year	Member
2024	Sarada Prasad Padhan	Independent
2019	Pratap Jena	BJD
2014	Pratap Jena	BJD
2009	Pratap Jena	BJD
2004	Bikram Keshari Barma	BJD
2000	Sarat Kumar Kar	BJD
1995	Sk. Matlub Ali	INC
1990	Sarat Kumar Kar	JD
1985	Sk. Matlub Ali	INC
1980	Sk. Matlub Ali	INC
1977	Pradipta Kishore Das	JP
1974	Sk. Matlub Ali	INC
1971	Sarat Kumar Kar	Utkal Congress
1967	Biraja Prasad Ray	PSP
1961	Surendranath Patnaik	Jana Congress
Constituency didn't exist
1955 (bypoll)^[b]	Pradipta Kishore Das	PSP
1957	Mahammad Attahar	INC

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ankit Pratap Jena by a margin of 7,423 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Mahanga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sarada Prasad Padhan	88,632	42.86	42.86
	BJD	Ankit Pratap Jena	81,209	39.27	14.00
	BJP	Sumant Kumar Ghadei	19,481	9.42	28.99
	INC	Debendra Kumar Sahoo	14,796	7.15	0.35
	AAP	Sarada Prasad Das	543	0.26	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	525	0.25	0.03
	Independent	Jayanta Kumar Das	467	0.23	N/A
	BSP	Golam Jilani Khan	442	0.21	N/A
	Independent	Sriram Pandey	225	0.11	N/A
	SP	Saralaputra Shreeram Binod Sarangi	132	0.06	N/A
	SAMO	Pradipta Mohanty	59	0.03	N/A
Majority			7,423	3.59^[c]	11.31
Turnout			2,06,802
	Independent gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sarada Prasad Pradhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	106,054	53.27	3.94
	BJP	Sarada Prasad Padhan	76469	38.41	4.43
	INC	Debendra Kumar Sahoo	14922	7.5	26.01
	NOTA	None of the above	564	0.28
Majority			29,585	14.9^[d]
Turnout			199062	76.64
Registered electors			2,61,545
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Pradhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	89,531	49.34	7.48
	Independent	Sarada Prasad Padhan	61,657	33.98
	INC	Shaik Matlub Ali	22,297	12.29	26.01
	BJP	Samir Kumar Samal	3,572	1.97	1.87
	CPI	Rakhi Agarwal	855	0.47
	Independent	Mihir Ranjan Jena	810	0.45	−
	AAP	Bhaskar Chandra Swain	630	0.35	−
	BSP	Laxmidhar Jena	443	0.24	−
	OJM	Amar Nayak	343	0.19	−
	SKD	Laxmipriya Sahoo	244	0.13	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,074	0.59	−
Majority			27,874	15.45^[e]	−
Turnout			1,81,462	76.64
Registered electors			2,36,778
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Shaik Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	89,628	56.82	−
	INC	Shaik Matlub Ali	60,408	38.30	−
	BJP	Choudhury Pravatkeshari Mishra	6,050	3.84	−
	AITC	Premalata Rout	890	0.56	−
	Kalinga Sena	Chittaranjan Sahoo	758	0.48	−
Majority			29,220	18.52^[f]	−
Turnout			1,57,747^[g]	70.87	−4.88
Registered electors			2,22,602
	BJD hold

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ Resignation of Mahammad Attahar
^ % of total valid votes
^ % of total valid votes
^ % of total valid votes
^ % of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 75.75%

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Mahanga (95) District: Cuttack{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "40 - Mahanga Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ "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)
^ ^a ^b "Mahanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
^ Mohanty, Debabrata (24 July 2019). "Mahanga election result: Naveen Patnaik's longtime bête noire to lose crucial Odisha assembly poll - india news". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "FINAL RESULT SHEET, ADJOURNED ELECTION TO 95-MAHANGA AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 29220
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[10] Resignation of Mahammad Attahar

[11] % of total valid votes

[14] % of total valid votes

[16] % of total valid votes

[19] % of total valid votes

[20] 2004 Voter turnout was 75.75%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Mahanga (95) District: Cuttack{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "40 - Mahanga Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[byElections1952-95-7] "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[8] "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)

[Candidate-9] "Mahanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

[Mohanty_2019-12] Mohanty, Debabrata (24 July 2019). "Mahanga election result: Naveen Patnaik's longtime bête noire to lose crucial Odisha assembly poll - india news". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[Final_Result_Sheet_Mahanga_AC-13] "FINAL RESULT SHEET, ADJOURNED ELECTION TO 95-MAHANGA AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[15] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[17] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 29220

[election2009-18] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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