Bolangir (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bolangir Vidhan Sabha Constituency (Bolangir Vidhansabha) is the 68th Vidhan Sabha of Odisha legislative Assembly. This seats falls under Bolangir District of Odisha State in India. Bolangir seat is a unreserved seat of Odisha Legislative Assembly.[2] This constituency includes Balangir block and Deogaon block.[3][4]

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

Bolangir
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictBalangir
BlocksBolangir, Deogaon
Electorate2,10,736 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsBalangir
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyINC
MLANarasingha Mishra
Const. No.68
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBalangir

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019
 
 41.32%
2014
 
 39.83%
2009
 
 40.70%
2004
 
 56.26%
2000
 
 47.91%
1995
 
 49.59%
1990
 
 54.51%
1985
 
 68.85%
1980
 
 36.29%
1977
 
 51.47%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Bolangir constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2019: (68): Narasingha Mishra (Congress)
  • 2014: (68): Narasingha Mishra (Congress)
  • 2009: (68): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (BJD)
  • 2004: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (BJD)
  • 2000: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (BJD)
  • 1995: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (111): Md. Mujafar Hussain Khan (Congress)
  • 1980: (111): Md. Mujafar Hussain Khan (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (111): Muralidhar Guru (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (111): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra)
  • 1971: (103): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra)
  • 1967: (103): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra)
  • 1961: (46): Chandra Sekhar Singh (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1957: (33): Nanda Kishore Mishra(Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1951: (24): Nanda Kishore Mishra (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir [8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narasingha Mishra 71598 41.32
BJD Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo 66257 38.24
BJP Ananta Kumar Dash 28924 16.69
BSP Drona Kumbhar 1506 0.87
AAP Ashish Pande 1411 0.81
PBI Kapila Kumbhar 632 0.36
API Nilakantha Nag 934 0.54
Independent Dwija Dalpati 649 0.37
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
INC hold Swing 1.49

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo by a margin of 12,254 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Narasingha Mishra 61,730 39.83 12.09
BJD Anag Uday Singhdeo 49,476 31.93 -8.77
BJP Basudev Pati 35,130 22.67 -2.9
BSP Karam Chand Bej 1,397 0.9
AAP Sangita Majhi 1,086 0.7
Independent Sandeep Kumar Bag 1,074 0.69
Independent Gopal Chandra Hota 951 0.61
NOTA None of the above 2,161 1.39
Majority 12,254 7.91
Turnout 1,54,975 73.54 8.97
Registered electors 2,10,736
INC gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo defeated Congress candidate Laxman Kumar Meher by a margin of 16,866 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Ananga Udaya Singhdeo 52,948 40.70 - 15.56
INC Laxman Kumar Meher 36,082 27.74 -
BJP Dr. Basudev Pati 33,258 25.57 -
BSP Aman Nag 2,799 2.15 -
Independent Sushil Kumar Nanda 1,529 1.18 -
SAMO Sandeep Kumar Bag 1,390 1.07 -
Kosal Kranti Dal Rabindra Kumar Panigrahi 1,084 0.83 -
Independent Biswambar sahu 997 0.77 -
Majority 16,866 12.97[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,30,281 64.57 -
BJD hold Swing 4.07 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.50%

References
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  4. Seats of Odisha
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