Chhatrapur Assembly constituency

Chhatrapur (SC)
Chhatrapur (SC)
Constituency No. 127 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam district
LS constituency	Berhampur
Established	1951
Total electors	203,966
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Krushna Chandra Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

This constituency includes Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Rambha, Chhatrapur block and Ganjam block.^[3]^[4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2024			48%
2019			50.19%
2014			38.33%
2009			44.26%
2004			52.56%
2000			42.59%
1995			40.80%
1990			62.56%
1985			47.76%
1980			47.43%
1977			46.93%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Chhatrapur constituency are:^[6]^[7]

Year	Member
2024	Krushna Chandra Nayak	BJP
2019	Subash Chandra Behera^[8]^[9]	BJD
2014	Priyanshu Pradhan	BJD
2009	Adikanda Sethi	CPI
2004	Nagireddi Narayan Reddy	CPI
2000	Rama Chandra Panda	BJP
1995	Daitari Behera	INC
1990	Parsuram Panda	CPI
1985	Ashok Kumar Choudhury	INC
1980	Biswanath Sahu	CPI
1977	Biswanath Sahu	CPI
1974	Daitari Behera	Utkal Congress
1971	Lakshman Mahapatra	CPI
1967	Lakshman Mahapatra	CPI
1961	Lakshman Mahapatra	CPI
1957	Yatiraj Praharaj	INC
1951	Sitaramaya V.	Independent

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Chhatrapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Nayak	74,983	48.00	7.32
	BJD	Subhash Chandra Behara	63,545	40.68	9.51
	INC	Bhagirathi Behera	7,186	4.60
	CPI	Guru Nath Pradhan	3,963	2.54	6.05
	AAP	Ritu Kumari Sethi	795	0.51
	BSP	Lingaraj Behera	614	0.39
	KS	Santhosh Kumar Sethi	650	0.42
	Independent	Samrat Raj	1,115	0.71
	Independent	Ch.Mamini	625	0.4
	Independent	Saroj Kumar Behera	783	0.5
	NOTA	None of the above	1,958	1.25
Majority			11,438	7.32
Turnout			1,56,217
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subhash Chandra Behara defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanta Kumar Kar by a margin of 21,051 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Subhash Chandra Behara	74,594	50.19
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Kar	53,543	36.02
	CPI	Pradeep Kumar Sethy	12,766	8.59
	BSP	Ramahari Behera	1,715	1.15
	RIM	Natabara Behera	1,324	0.89
	Independent	Chaitanya Pradhan	982	0.66
	Independent	Sasmita Kar	955	0.64
	Independent	Surendra Behera	978	0.66
	NOTA	None of the above	1,776	1.19
Majority			21,051	14.17
Turnout			148633	65.79
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Priyanshu Pradhan defeated Communist Party of India candidate Krushna Chandra Nayak by a margin of 22,019 votes.^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Priyanshu Pradhan	53,221	38.33
	CPI	Krushna Chandra Nayak	31,202	22.47	−21.79
	BJP	Dharanidhar Behera	27,511	19.81	−8.61
	INC	Banamali Sethi	21,151	15.23	−5.97
	AAP	Ritu Kumari Sethi	1,271	0.92
	Independent	E. Pramod Kumar	1,177	0.85
	AITC	Natabara Behera	1,111	0.8
	NOTA	None of the above	2,211	1.59	−
Majority			22,019	15.86	0.01
Turnout			1,38,855	68.08	12.85
Registered electors			2,03,966
	BJD gain from CPI

2009

In 2009 election, Communist Party of India candidate Adikanda Sethi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhagaban Behera by a margin of 16,557 votes.^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhatrapur^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Adikanda Sethi	46,244	44.26	−8.3
	BJP	Bhagaban Behera	29,687	28.42	−
	INC	Somanath Behera	22,146	21.20	−
	Independent	Dasarathi Behera	3,789	3.63	−
	SAMO	Natabara Behera	2,605	2.49	−
Majority			16,557	15.85^[b]	−
Turnout			1,04,507	55.23	−
	CPI hold		Swing	-4.21 ^[c]

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ %of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 59.44%

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 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Chhatrapur (127) District: Ganjam{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "72 - Chatrapur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "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)
^ "Chhatrapur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ 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.
^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
^ "Odisha - Chhatrapur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Chhatrapur (127)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 16557
^ "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

[18] %of total valid votes

[19] 2004 Voter turnout was 59.44%

[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 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Chhatrapur (127) District: Ganjam{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "72 - Chatrapur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "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)

[8] "Chhatrapur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

[election2019-9] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[Odisha_Assembly_election_results_2019:_Full_list_of_winners-10] 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.

[11] "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.

[FP_Ass_Cand-12] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[13] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

[14] "Odisha - Chhatrapur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

[15] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Chhatrapur (127)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[16] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 16557

[election2009-17] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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