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Digapahandi Assembly constituency

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

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

Digapahandi
Constituency No. 134 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGanjam
LS constituencyBerhampur
Established1957
Total electors187,134[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Elected year2024

This constituency includes Digapahandi, Digapahandi block and 17 Gram panchayats (Rohigam, Baulajholi, Kukudakhandi, Masiakhali, Jagadalpur, Ankushpur, Dakshinapur, Ballipada, Lanjia, Dengapadar, Bontapalli, Anantayi, Lathi, Mohuda, Kankia, Sahala and Baghalati) of Kukudakhandi block.[3][4]

Constituency didn't existed in between 1967 & 2004. It was revived in 2008 Delimitation[5] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

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Vote share of winning candidates
2024
 
 49.21%
2019
 
 54.66%
2014
 
 61.46%
2009
 
 61.75%

Since its formation in 1957, 6 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.

List of members elected from Digapahandi constituency are

Year Member Party
1957 Mohan Naik Indian National Congress
Ananga Manjari Devi
1961 Raghunath Mahapatra
1967-2004 : Constituency did not exist
2009 Surjya Narayan Patro Biju Janata Dal
2014
2019
2024 Sidhant Mohapatra Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

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2024

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In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sidhant Mohapatra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Biplab Patro by a margin of 16,847 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Digapahandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sidhant Mohapatra 72,908 49.21  24.02
BJD Biplab Patro 56,061 37.84  16.82
INC Saka Sujit Kumar 10,090 6.81  6.17
BSP Nilamadhab Mishra 1,571 1.06  0.20
NOTA None of the above 1,338 0.90  0.69
Independent Brundaban Khatai 1,181 0.80 N/A
Independent Kanhu Charan Patra 964 0.65 N/A
Independent Sukanta Kishore Panda 840 0.57 N/A
Independent Simanchal Dakua 705 0.48 N/A
AAP Podal Manoj Kumar 616 0.42 N/A
AIFB Pintu Pradhan 549 0.37 N/A
Independent Jamuna Behera 519 0.35 N/A
Independent Kuna Das 433 0.29 N/A
Independent Jayaram Rauto 392 0.26 N/A
Majority 16,847 11.37  18.10
Turnout 1,48,167
BJP gain from BJD

2019

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In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 40,452 votes.[6]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Digapahandi[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surjya Narayan Patro 75,016 54.66
BJP Pinky Pradhan 34564 25.19
INC Prafulla Panda 17815 12.98
Independent Uttam Kumar Panigrahy 5234 3.81
NOTA None of the above 2185 1.59
ANC Bhagaban Sahoo 1239 0.9
BSP Pabitra Kumar Tripathy 1179 0.86
Majority 40452 29.47
Turnout 137232 63.99
BJD hold

2014

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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.[9][10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi[11][12]
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

2009

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In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surjya Narayan Patro defeated Indian National Congress candidate V. Rabi Narayan Raju by a margin of 32,763 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Digapahandi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Surjya Narayan 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[b] −
Turnout 1,05,630 62.82 −
BJD win (new seat)

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Digapahandi (134) District: Ganjam{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
  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. ^ News18 (2019). "Digapahandi Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Digapahandi Constituency (Seat) Election Results". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. ^ "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)
  11. ^ "Odisha - Digapahandi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Digapahandi (134)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 32763
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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