Lanjigarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Lanjigarh (Sl. No.: 77) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

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

Lanjigarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictKalahandi
BlocksLanjigarh, Thuamul Rampur, Bhawanipatna, Jaipatna
Electorate1,93,238 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsJunagarh
Current constituency
Created2009
PartyCongress
MLABalabhadara Majhi
Const. No.77
Reserved forScheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesKalahandi

This constituency includes Lanjigarh block, Thuamul Rampur block and 16 Gram panchayats (Anlabhata, Badakarlakot, Badpujhariaguda, Baner, Bhainripali, Dhansuli, Hirapur, Jaipatna, Kuchagaon, Mangalpur, Mukhiguda, Paikkendumundi, Pratappur, Rengalpalli, Sargiguda and Uchhula) of Jaipatna block and 8 GPs (Risigaon, Duarsuni, Sagada, Jugsaipatna, Chancher, Kuturukhamar, Malgaon and Tal Belgaon) of Bhawanipatna block.[3][4]

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Shibaji Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Balabhadra Majhi by a margin of 3,039 votes.[5]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates
2009
 
 34.47%

Only one election was held in 2009. Elected member from the Lanjigarh constituency is:[6]

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Lanjigarh [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pradip Kumar Dishari
INC Sibaji Majhi
BJP Ramesh Chandra Majhi
BSP Suresh Majhi
SKD Udhaba Munda
BMP Raj Kishore Dalpati
GGP Baishnab Majhi
Independent Uddhaba Naik
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Lanjigarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Balabhadra Majhi 65033
INC Pradip Kumar Dishari 40138
AAP Lala Bahadur Jani
AOP Kiran Kumar Majhi
BJP Bijaya Dishari
BSP Sobha Majhi
SP Suresh Majhi
SKD Kabi Majhi
OJM Bishnu Charan Bhoi
BMP Chandramani Naik
SAMO Mahendra Kumar Majhi
CPI(ML)L Sanatan Majhi
NOTA None of the above
Registered electors
Majority 24895 17.19%

Summary of results of the 2009 Election
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Lanjigarh[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shibaji Majhi 46,138 34.47 -
BJD Balabhadra Majhi 43,099 32.20 -
BJP Bijaya Dishari 28,482 21.28 -
Independent Suresh Chandra Majhi 4,522 3.38 -
BSP Bhala Majhi 3,445 2.57 -
SP Paramananda Majhi 3,311 2.47 -
SAMO Bijaya Laxmi Sabar 2,649 1.98 -
Independent Manoranjan Majhi 2,211 1.65 -
Majority 3,039 2.27[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,33,862 68.70 -

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 5 April 2014. Constituency: Lanjigarh (77) District: Kalahandi
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 3039
  6. "Lanjigarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 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. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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