Narla is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

Narla
Constituency No. 81 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKalahandi
LS constituencyKalahandi
Established1967
Total electors1,96,059[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2024

This constituency includes Narla block, Karlamunda block, Madanpur-Rampur block and 9 Gram panchayats (Belkhandi, Hatikhoj, Kantesir, Kashurpada, Nunmath, Paralsingha, Sirjapalli, Tundla and Turlakhman) of Kesinga block.[3][4]

Elected members

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Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024
36.47%
2019
31.12%
2014
37.73%
2009
36.32%
2004
49.53%
2000
55.22%
1995
36.27%
1990
63.91%
1985
53.16%
1980
56.02%
1977
47.41%

Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Narla constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2024 Manorama Mohanty BJD
2019 Bhupinder Singh[8] BJD
2014 Dhaneswar Majhi BJD
2009 Bhupinder Singh INC
2004 Balabhadra Majhi BJD
2000 Balabhadra Majhi BJD
1995 Balabhadra Majhi JD
1990 Balabhadra Majhi JD
1985 Kumara Mani Sabar INC
1980 Tejraj Majhi INC
1977 Tejraj Majhi INC
1974 Dhaneswar Majhi SWA
1971 Dhaneswar Majhi SWA
1967 Anchal Majhi SWA

Election Results

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2024

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Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Narla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Manorama Mohanty 67,532 36.47  5.35
INC Bhakta Charan Das 62327 33.66  12.77
BJP Aniruddha Padhan 47417 25.61  0.24
NOTA None of the above 1300 0.7
Majority 5205 2.81
Turnout 185154
BJD gain from

2019

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In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhupinder Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aniruddha Padhan by a margin of 15,768 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Bhupinder Singh 53,264 31.12  6.61
BJP Aniruddha Padhan 44,244 25.85  4.71
INC Chittaranjan Mandal 35,753 20.89  6.36
Independent Durga Prasad Mohanty 22,020 12.87
Independent Manoj Kumar Pattanayak 5,777 3.38
Independent Kedar Nath Rana 3,698 2.16
API Gabhira Suna 1,682 0.98
BSP Pravakar Nag 1,597 0.93  0.16
CPI(ML)L Durjyodhan Das 900 0.53  0.04
BMP Mahendra Dhangada Majhi 968 0.57  0.16
NOTA None of the above 1,236 0.72
Majority 15,768 10.48
Turnout 171139 79
BJD hold

2014

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In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhaneswar Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jagannath Pattnayak by a margin of 15,768 votes.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dhaneswar Majhi 56,783 37.73
INC Jagannath Pattnayak 41,015 27.25 −9.07
BJP Artatrana Mohapatra 31,809 21.14 4.91
Independent Arjun Sahoo 2,446 1.63
SKD Hemanta Kumar Das 2,147 1.43
OJM Laxmi Goudia 2,144 1.42
Independent Ashakari Nag 1,681 1.12
BSP Goura Chandra Seth 1,633 1.09
AAP Laxminarayan Panda 1,452 0.96
AOP Manoj Kumar Pattanayak 1,146 0.76
Independent Pravakar Nag 1,039 0.69
KOKD Baidyanath Mishra 949 0.63
Independent Debendra Nayak 858 0.57
CPI(ML)L Udhaba Sahu 854 0.57
Paschimanchal Vikas Party Bhisma Chandra Sahu 849 0.56
Kalinga Sena P. Shankar Reddi 782 0.52
Independent Uchhaba Sahu 648 0.43
BMP Mahendra Dhangada Majhi 623 0.41
SAMO Debaraj Sahu 593 0.39
SP Umesh Chandra Sahu 462 0.31
NOTA None of the above 583 0.39
Majority 15,768 10.47
Turnout 1,50,496 76.76 5.65
Registered electors 1,96,059
BJD gain from INC

2009

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In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Srikant Hota by a margin of 27,512 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhupinder Singh 49,748 36.32 −0.88
BJP Srikant Hota 22,236 16.23
Independent Nilamani Sahu 17,044 12.44
NCP Zakir Hussain 16,712 12.20
Independent Santosh Kumar Mund 12,199 8.91
BSP Kailash Chandra Jain 5,141 3.75
SP Ashok Kumar Chand 3,928 2.87
SAMO Sapan Kumar Pattnaik 3,812 2.78
Independent Jagajiban Barik 2,071 1.51
CPI(ML)L Judhisti Sa 1,615 1.18
Independent Mohan Jani 1,441 1.05
Kalinga Sena Suresh Choudhury 1,038 0.76
Majority 27,512 20.08[b]
Turnout 1,37,021 71.11 2.57'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000020−QINU`"'
INC gain from BJD

Notes

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  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ % of total valid votes
  3. ^ 2004 Voter turnout was 68.54%

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 4 July 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Narla (81) District: Kalahandi{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "100 - Narla (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Narla Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Odisha - Narla". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Narla (81)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 27512
  15. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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