Mohana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mohana (ST)-136 ମୋହନା
Mohana (ST)-136 ମୋହନା
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Gajapati
Blocks	Mohana, Udayagiri, Nuagada, Rayagada
Electorate	1,92,613
Current constituency
Created	1961
Party	Indian National Congress
MLA	Shri Dasarathi Gomango
Const. No.	136
Reserved for	Scheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Berhampur

Mohana (Sl. No.: 136) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency in Gajapati district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Mohana block, Udayagiri block, Nuagada block and Rayagada block.^[3]^[4]

Elected Members[edit | edit source]

Vote share of Winning candidates ^[5]

2014			29.88%
2009			33.63%
2004			47.60%
2000			58.62%
1995			43.08%
1990			62.12%
1985			64.48%
1980			40.59%
1977			41.21%

Thirteen elections were held between 1961 and 2014. Elected member from the Mohana constituency is:^[6]^[7]

2019: (136): Dasarathi Gamango (Congress)
2014: (136): Basanti Mallick (BJD)
2009: (136): Chakradhara Paik (Congress)
2004: (77): Srujya Narayan Patro (BJD)
2000: (77): Srujya Narayan Patro (BJD)
1995: (77): Srujya Narayan Patro (Janata Dal)
1990: (77): Srujya Narayan Patro (Janata Dal)
1985: (77): Sarat Kumar Jena (Congress)
1980: (77): Udayanarayan Deb (JNP (SC))
1977: (77): Udayanarayan Deb (Independent)
1974: (77): Udayanarayan Deb (Utkal Congress)
1971: (73): Bhimasena Mandal (Congress)
1967: (73): Tarini Sardar (Congress)
1961: (16): Biswanath Naik (Congress)

2019 Election Result[edit | edit source]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mohana ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Dasarathi Gamango	53,705	33%
	BJD	Purnabasi Nayak	51,351	31%
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Mallik	46,176	28%
	BSP	Sudam Raita	2,222	1%
	ANC	Damodar Raita	1,291	1%
	CPI(ML)L	Jakub Karjee	1,465	1%
	Independent	Amson Mallick	3,423	2%
	Independent	Bharat Paik	1,440	1%
	NOTA	None of the above	2,898	2%
Majority			2354
Turnout
	INC gain from BJD		Swing

2014 Election Result[edit | edit source]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Basanti Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango by a margin of 115 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mohana^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Basanti Mallick	43,006	29.88	11.85
	INC	Dasarathi Gamango	42,891	29.8	-3.83
	BJP	Bharat Paik	39,625	27.53	-5.29
	Independent	Chakradhara Paik	5,417	3.76
	CPI (M)	Dondo Pani Raito	3,182	2.21
	AOP	Pabitra Gamango	2,265	1.57
	AITC	Haladhar Karjee	1,524	1.06
style="background-color: Template:Odisha Janmorcha/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Odisha Janmorcha\|Template:Odisha Janmorcha/meta/shortname]]	Raghunath Badamundi	1,224	0.85
	CPI(ML)L	Purna Chandra Bhuyan	1,205	0.84
	NOTA	None of the above	3,604	2.5	-
Majority			115	0.08	-0.74
Turnout			1,43,943	74.73	8.47
Registered electors			1,92,613
	BJD gain from INC

2009 Election Results[edit | edit source]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mohana^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chakradhar Paik	37,697	33.63	-
	BJP	Antarjami Gamanga	36,780	32.82	-
	BJD	Johan Dalabehera	20,206	18.03	-
	Independent	Gomango Majhi	4,508	4.02	-
style="background-color: Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Samruddha Odisha\|Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/shortname]]	Theophil Gamango	2,095	1.87	-
	Kalinga Sena	Rabin Mandal	1,705	1.52	-
Majority			917	0.82^{[lower-alpha 2]}	-
Turnout			1,12,087	66.26	-
	INC gain from BJD		Swing	1.45 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ as on 1 January 2014
↑ %of total valid votes
↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 64.81%

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Mohana (136) District: Gajapati
↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
↑ Seats of Odisha
↑ "77 - Mohana Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
↑ "Mohana Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Odisha - Mohana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Mohana (136)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[14] %of total valid votes

[15] 2004 Voter turnout was 64.81%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Mohana (136) District: Gajapati

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "77 - Mohana Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] ttp://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf

[8] "Mohana Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.

[FP_Ass_Cand-9] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[10] "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[11] "Odisha - Mohana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[12] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Mohana (136)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[election2009-13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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