Basta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basta (Sl. No.: 37) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.[1]

Basta
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictBalasore
BlocksBasta, Baliapal
Electorate1,90,381
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBiju Janata Dal
MLANityananda Sahu
Const. No.37
Reserved forNone
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBalasore

Area of this constituency include Baliapal block and 11 GPs (Mukulishi, Brahmanda, Sadanandapur, Baharda, Rautpada, Mathani, Sahada, Naikudi, Gadapada, Darada and Irda) of Basta block.[2][3]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Sahu defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jaynarayan Mohanty margin of 6433 votes.[4]

Nityananda Sahu of Mukulishi village is pious person, Trilochan Behera elected as a Zilla Parishada in Basta Block.

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 47.69%
2009
 
 50.68%
2004
 
 55.83%
2000
 
 53.36%
1995
 
 47.34%
1990
 
 46.23%
1985
 
 67.84%
1980
 
 52.77%
1977
 
 56.66%

Sixteen(16) elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Basta constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2019:(37) : Nityananda Sahoo (Biju Janata Dal)
  • 2014: (37): Nityananda Sahoo (BJD)
  • 2009: (37): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
  • 2004: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
  • 2000: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (BJD)
  • 1995: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (13): Raghunath Mohanty (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (13): Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra (Congress)
  • 1980: (13): Bhupal Chandra Mahapatra (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (13): Maheswar Baug (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (13): Chintamani Jena (Congress)
  • 1971: (13): Chintamani Jena (Utkal Congress)
  • 1967: (13): Chintamani Jena (Congress)
  • 1961: (128): Maheswar Baug (PSP)
  • 1958: (Bye-election): Akshaya Narayan Praharaj (Congress)
  • 1957: (91): Akshaya Narayan Praharaj (Congress)
  • 1951: (53): Trilochan Senapati (Congress)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nityananda Sahoo
INC Bijan Nayak
BJP Raghunath Mohanty
AITC Nandan Pal
AAP Saroj Kumar Roul
AIFB Laxmidhar Giri
BMP Mrutyunjay Dey
Independent Ajaya Kumar Nayak
Independent Manas Das
Independent Sachindra Das
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jay Narayan Mohanty by a margin of 6,433 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nityananda Sahoo 76,737 47.69 -2.99
INC Jay Narayan Mohanty 70,304 43.69 -0.51
BJP Shyama Prasad Behera 11,165 6.94 3.73
AITC Madan Mohan Jena 690 0.43
BSP Pramod Kumar Pattayat 590 0.37 0.03
AAP Saroj Kumar Roul 447 0.28
SP Ramakanta Panda 199 0.18
Independent Gourab Kumar Andia 186 0.12
NOTA None of the above 604 0.38 -
Majority 6,433 39.97 33.48
Turnout 1,60,922 80.14 2.96
Registered electors 2,00,793
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Raghunath Mohanty 74,472 50.68 -
INC Jaynarayan Mohanty 64,942 44.20 -
BJP Arabinda Behera 4,713 3.21 -
Independent Judhisthira Jena 987 0.67 -
JMM Kamal Lochan Barik 797 0.54 -
Jan Hitkari Party Ramesh Swain 523 0.36 -
BSP Sadasiv Sethi 498 0.34 -
Majority 9,530 6.49[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,46,933 77.18 -

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
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  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
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  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Basta Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-IV) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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  11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Basta (37)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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