Digapahandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Digapahandi (Sl. No.: 134) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

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

Digapahandi
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictGanjam
BlocksDigapahandi, Kukudakhandi
Electorate1,87,134 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsDigapahandi
Current constituency
Created1967
PartyBJD
MLASurya Narayan Patro
Const. No.134
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesBerhampur

This constituency includes Digapahandi, Digapahandi block and 16 Gram panchayats (Rohigam, Baulajholi, Kukudakhandi, Masiakhali, Jagadalpur, Ankushpur, Dakshinapur, Ballipada, Dengapadar, Bontapalli, Anantayi, Lathi, Mohuda, Kankia, Sahala and Baghalati) of Kukudakhandi block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates
2014
 
 61.46%
2009
 
 61.75%

Four elections were held between 1957 and 2014. Elected members from the Digapahandi constituency are:[5][6]

  • 2014: (134): Surya Narayana Patro (BJD)
  • 2009: (134): Surya Narayana Patro (BJD)
  • 1961: (15): Raghunath Mahapatra (Indian National Congress)
  • 1957: (12): Anangamanjari Devi (Congress) and Mohana Nayak (Congress)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surya Narayan Patra
INC Prafulla Panda
BJP Pinky Pradhan
BSP Pabitra Kumar Tripathy
ANC Bhagaban Sahoo
Independent Uttam Kumar Panigrahy
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate Saka Sujit Kumar by a margin of 45,897 votes.[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surjya Narayan Patro 78,949 61.46 -0.29
INC Saka Sujit Kumar 33,052 25.73 -5.0
BJP Bijaya Kumar Swain 7,771 6.05 2.15
CPI (M) Bidyadhar Jena 2,399 1.87
AAP Kuresh Maharana 1,949 1.52
Independent Pratap Kumar Sethy 1,119 0.87
SKD Bandana Maharana 830 0.65
NOTA None of the above 2,397 1.87 -
Majority 45,897 35.73 4.71
Turnout 1,28,466 68.65 5.83
Registered electors 1,87,134
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surya Narayana Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 32,763 votes.[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surya Narayana Patro 65,219 61.75 -
INC V. Rabi Narayan Raju 32,456 30.73 -
BJP Shreedhar Dev 4,119 3.90 -
Independent Saka Balaji 2,288 2.17 -
SAMO Promod Sabat 1,542 1.46 -
Majority 32,763 31.02[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,05,630 62.82 -

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Digapahandi (134) District: Ganjam
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Digapahandi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. "Odisha - Digapahandi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Digapahandi (134)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 32763
  12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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