Koraput Assembly constituency
| Koraput (SC) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 144 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Koraput |
| LS constituency | Koraput |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,66,404[1][a] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Raghuram Machha | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Koraput is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha, India.[2]
The constituency includes Koraput, Sunabeda Lamptaput block, 15 Gram panchayats (Badasuku, Deoghati, Kendar, Kerenga, Lankaput, Mahadeiput, Manbar, Mastiput, Padmapur and Umuri) of Koraput block and 8 Gram panchayats (Bodaput, Boipariguda, Chandrapada, Chipakur, Dasamanthapur, Doraguda, Kenduguda, Kollar and Mahuli) of Boipariguda block.[3][4]
Elected Members
[edit]Since its formation in 1951, 15 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Koraput constituency are:[6][7]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Raghuram Machha | BJP | |
| 2019 | Raghuram Padal[8][9] | BJD | |
| 2014 | Krishna Chandra Sagaria | INC | |
| 2009 | Raghuram Padal | BJD | |
| 2004 | Tara Prasad Bahinipati | INC | |
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | Gupta Prasad Das | ||
| 1990 | Harish Chandra Buxipatra | JD | |
| 1985 | Nrushinha Nanda Brahma | INC | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1977 | Harish Chandra Buxipatra | JP | |
| 1974 | Utkal Congress | ||
1967-1971 : Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 1961 | Toyaka Sangana | INC | |
| 1957 | Laxmana Pujari | AIGP | |
| 1951 | Ganga Muduli | ||
Election Results
[edit]2024
[edit]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.[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Raghuram Machha defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Padal by a margin of 2,524 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Raghuram Machha | 46,805 | 31.82 |  6.45
| |
| BJD | Raghuram Padal | 44,281 | 30.11 |  5.06
| |
| INC | Krushna Kuldip | 42,256 | 28.73 | 1.86
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,263 | 2.22 | ||
| Majority | 2,524 | 1.71 | |||
| Turnout | 1,47,073 | 76.28 | 4.32
| ||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
[edit]In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Padal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Krushna Kuldip by a margin of 6,285 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Raghuram Padal | 48,171 | 35.19 | ||
| INC | Krushna Kuldip | 41886 | 30.59 | ||
| BJP | Tripurary Gorada | 33994 | 24.83 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3235 | 2.36 | ||
| BSP | Bhagirathi Patnia | 2489 | 1.82 | ||
| Independent | Naba Kishore Bagh | 1890 | 1.38 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Rama Barik | 1814 | 1.33 | ||
| AIFB | Dhanurjaya Hantal | 1715 | 1.25 | ||
| Independent | Khagapati Khosla | 1711 | 1.25 | ||
| Majority | 6,285 | 4.60 | |||
| Turnout | 136905 | 71.96 | |||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
2014
[edit]In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Krushna Chandra Sagaria defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Machha by a margin of 4,976 votes.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Krushna Chandra Sagaria | 50,672 | 40.65 | 6.85 | |
| BJD | Raghuram Machha | 45,696 | 36.66 | 1.69 | |
| BJP | Jairam Garada | 13,665 | 10.96 | 1.58 | |
| BSP | Balabhadra Mandi | 2,091 | 1.68 | −4.0 | |
| API | Rekhit Kuldip | 1,185 | 0.95 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Ram Barik | 1,182 | 0.95 | ||
| AAP | Mangaldana Khosla | 1,120 | 0.9 | ||
| AOP | Manjulata Khemundu | 1,075 | 0.86 | ||
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Bibek Ranjan Sethi | 962 | 0.77 | ||
| Independent | Khagapati Khosla | 942 | 0.76 | ||
| SAMO | Kasti Turuk | 870 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | Purna Chandra Pangi | 861 | 0.69 | ||
| Independent | Rohidas Nayak | 844 | 0.68 | ||
| ICP | Dhanurjya Hantala | 719 | 0.58 | ||
| SKD | Dama Suna | 574 | 0.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,204 | 1.77 | − | |
| Majority | 4,976 | 3.99 | |||
| Turnout | 1,24,662 | 74.92 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,66,404 | ||||
| INC gain from BJD | |||||
2009
[edit]In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghuram Padal defeated Indian National Congress candidate Krishna Chandra Sagaria by a margin of 1,114 votes.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Raghuram Padal | 33,235 | 34.97 | 3.34 | |
| INC | Krishna Chandra Sagaria | 32,121 | 33.80 | 13.54 | |
| BJP | Jayaram Garda | 8,917 | 9.38 | − | |
| BSP | Somanath Khora | 5,398 | 5.68 | − | |
| Independent | Ananda Chandra Patika | 4,117 | 4.33 | − | |
| Independent | Surendra Patnia | 3,197 | 3.36 | − | |
| SAMO | Siba Shankar Khemundu | 1,685 | 1.77 | − | |
| SP | Sridhar Gantha | 1,544 | 1.62 | − | |
| CPI(ML)L | Bibek Ranjan Sethi | 1,414 | 1.49 | − | |
| Independent | Iswar Chandra Suna | 1,346 | 1.42 | − | |
| RSP | Rama Chandra Benia | 1,035 | 1.09 | − | |
| Independent | Nrupendra Narayan Bagh | 1,034 | 1.09 | − | |
| Majority | 1,114 | 1.17[b] | − | ||
| Turnout | 95,083 | 58.77 | 3.79'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000020−QINU`"' | ||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
Constituency: Koraput (144) District: Malkangiri
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List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "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) - ^ "Koraput Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ News18 (2019). "Koraput Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Koraput 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) - ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Odisha - Koraput". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.