Keonjhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Keonjhar
Keonjhar
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Kendujhar
Blocks	Keonjhar, Jhumpura, Banspal
Electorate	1,99,673
Major settlements	Kendujhar
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Abhiram Naik
Const. No.	24
Reserved for	Scheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendujhar

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Keonjhar (Sl. No.: 24) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.^[1] Area of this constituency include Keonjhar, 12 GPs (Arsala, Balibandha, Jhumpura, Khendra, Kutugaon, Nahabeda, Naradapur, Nischintapur, Basantapur, Gumura, Malada and Nayagarh) of Jhumpura block and 5 GPs (Kodipasa, Suakati, Talachampei, Talakainsari and Kumundi) of Banspal block.^[2]^[3]

Elected Members[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates ^[4]

2014			35.87%
2009			30.34%
2004			40.14%
2000			59.08%
1995			33.82%
1990			55.20%
1985			48.98%
1980			45.85%
1977			52.59%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from Keonjhar Vidhan Sabha constituency are:^[5]

2014: (24): Abhiram Naik (BJD)
2009: (24): Subarna Naik (BJD)
2004: (144): Mohan Charan Majhi (BJP)
2000: (144): Mohan Charan Majhi (BJP)
1995: (144): Jogendra Naik (BJP)
1990: (144): Chhotray Majhi (Janata Dal)
1985: (144): Chhotray Majhi (Janata Party)
1980: (144): Jogendra Naik (Congress-I)
1977: (144): Kumar Majhi (Janata Party)
1974: (144): Gobinda Munda (Swatantra)
1971: (129): Chhotray Majhi (Utkal Congress)
1967: (129): Gobinda Munda (Swatantra)
1961: (69): Janardan Bhanja Deo (Ganatantra Parishad)
1957: (47): Janardan Bhanja Deo (Ganatantra Parishada) and Krushna Chandra Mohapatra (Independent)
1951: (41): Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo (Independent) and Gobinda Munda (Ganatantra Parishada)

2019 Election Result[edit]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Keonjhar^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Madhaba Sardar	71636	41.45
	BJP	Mohan Charan Majhi	72760	42.10
	INC	Bidyadhar Dehury	14553	8.42
	BSP	Ram Prasad Hembram	1509	0.87
	BMP	Jayasing Munda	685	0.40
	AIFB	Ranjit Munda	830	0.48
	Independent	Ganesh Chandra Munda	3992	2.31
	Independent	Manmay Bilas Tio	1470	0.85
	Independent	Subarna Naik	3224	1.87
	NOTA	None of the above	2160	1.25
Majority			1124	0.65	-4.91
Turnout			16732688	76.13
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing	4.91

2014 Election Result[edit]

In the 2014 election, the Biju Janata Dal candidate Abhiram Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohan Charan Majhi by a margin of 8,676 votes.^[8]

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2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Keonjhar^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Abhiram Naik	55,959	35.87	5.53
	BJP	Mohan Charan Majhi	47,283	30.31	6.02
	Independent	Dwarika Nath Naik	25,755	16.51
	INC	Sidheswar Naik	17,531	11.24	-6.51
	AAP	Sunaram Mardi	2,208	1.42
	BSP	Laxmipriya Hembram	2,109	1.35	0.03
style="background-color: Template:Odisha Janmorcha/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Odisha Janmorcha\|Template:Odisha Janmorcha/meta/shortname]]	Aswini Kumar Naik	1,471	0.94
	NOTA	None of the above	3,671	2.35	-
Majority			8,676	5.56
Turnout			1,55,987	78.12
Registered electors			1,99,673

2009 Election Result[edit]

In the 2009 election, the Biju Janata Dal candidate Subarna Naik defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohan Charan Majhi by a margin of 5,269 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Keonjhar^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subarna Naik	36,471	30.34	-
	BJP	Mohan Charan Majhi	29,202	24.29	-
	Independent	Sidheswar Naik	24,320	20.23	-
	INC	Bidyadhar Dehury	21,338	17.75	-
	JMM	Siba Sankar Mardi	3,096	2.58	-
	BSP	Ram Prasad Hembram	1,585	1.32	-
style="background-color: Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Samruddha Odisha\|Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/shortname]]	Haramani Munda	1,190	0.99	-
	Independent	Balabhadra Naik	1,135	0.94	-
	Rastrawadi Sena	Jarman Soren	1,033	0.86	-
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Parivartan Dal/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Rashtriya Parivartan Dal\|Template:Rashtriya Parivartan Dal/meta/shortname]]	Jadumani Bankira	854	0.71	-
Majority			7,269	6.05^{[lower-alpha 1]}	-
Turnout			1,20,247	64.81	-
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes[edit]

↑ %of total valid votes

References[edit]

↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Constituency: Ghasipura (21) District : Keonjhar
↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
↑ Seats of Odisha
↑ "144 - Keonjhar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "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)
↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
↑ "Keonjhar Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Keonjhar Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
↑ "Odisha - Keonjhar". eciresults.nic.in. Election Commission of India.
↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Keonjhar (24)". empoweringindia.org. Empowering India.
↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 145
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

Template:Kendujhar district

[13] %of total valid votes

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2014. Constituency: Ghasipura (21) District : Keonjhar

[2] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[3] Seats of Odisha

[4] "144 - Keonjhar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "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)

[TP_Ass_Cand-6] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[News18_2019-7] "Keonjhar Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Keonjhar Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[8] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[9] "Odisha - Keonjhar". eciresults.nic.in. Election Commission of India.

[10] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Keonjhar (24)". empoweringindia.org. Empowering India.

[11] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 145

[election2009-12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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