Bolangir (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bolangir
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balangir
Blocks	Bolangir, Deogaon
Electorate	2,10,736 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Balangir
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Kailash Tandi
Const. No.	68
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balangir

Bolangir (Sl. No.: 68) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Balangir, Balangir block and Deogaon block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			39.83%
2009			40.70%
2004			56.26%
2000			47.91%
1995			49.59%
1990			54.51%
1985			68.85%
1980			36.29%
1977			51.47%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Bolangir constituency are:^[6][7]

• 2014: (68): Narasingha Mishra (Congress)
• 2009: (68): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (BJD)
• 2004: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (BJD)
• 2000: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (BJD)
• 1995: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (111): Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (111): Md. Mujafar Hussain Khan (Congress)
• 1980: (111): Md. Mujafar Hussain Khan (Congress-I)
• 1977: (111): Muralidhar Guru (Janata Party)
• 1974: (111): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra)
• 1971: (103): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra)
• 1967: (103): Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra)
• 1961: (46): Chandra Sekhar Singh (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (33): Nanda Kishore Mishra(Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (24): Nanda Kishore Mishra (Ganatantra Parishad)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Narasingha Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo by a margin of 12,254 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir ^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Narasingha Mishra	61,730	39.83	12.09
	BJD	Anag Uday Singhdeo	49,476	31.93	-8.77
	BJP	Basudev Pati	35,130	22.67	-2.9
	BSP	Karam Chand Bej	1,397	0.9
	AAP	Sangita Majhi	1,086	0.7
	Independent	Sandeep Kumar Bag	1,074	0.69
	Independent	Gopal Chandra Hota	951	0.61
	NOTA	None	2,161	1.39
Majority			12,254	7.91
Turnout			1,54,975	73.54	8.97
Registered electors			2,10,736
	INC gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ananga Udaya Singh Deo defeated Congress candidate Laxman Kumar Meher by a margin of 16,866 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bolangir ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Ananga Udaya Singhdeo	52,948	40.70	- 15.56
	INC	Laxman Kumar Meher	36,082	27.74	-
	BJP	Dr. Basudev Pati	33,258	25.57	-
	BSP	Aman Nag	2,799	2.15	-
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Nanda	1,529	1.18	-
	SAMO	Sandeep Kumar Bag	1,390	1.07	-
	Kosal Kranti Dal	Rabindra Kumar Panigrahi	1,084	0.83	-
	Independent	Biswambar sahu	997	0.77	-
Majority			16,866	12.97[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,30,281	64.57	-
	BJD hold		Swing	4.07 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.50%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2014. Constituency: Bolangir (68) District : Bolangir
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "111 - Bolangir Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
7. "Bolangir Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Odisha -Angul". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Bolangir(68)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf