Mahakalapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mahakalapada
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Kendrapara
Blocks	Mahakalapada, Marsaghai
Electorate	2,14,942 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	2009
Party	BJD
MLA	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
Const. No.	100
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kendrapara

Mahakalapada (Sl. No.: 100) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Mahakalapada block and 16 Gram panchayats (Silipur, Dasipur, Dumuka, Marshaghai, Garajanga, Talasanga, Parakula, Akhuadakhin, Raghabapur, Antei, Batira, Beruhan, Manikunda, Angulai, Kuhudi and Mangarajpur) of Marsaghai block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2009			48.69%

Only One election is held in 2009. Elected member from the Mahakalapada constituency is:^[5]

• 2009: (100): Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak (BJD)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AAP	Babrubahan Routray			-
	Trinamool Congress	Sikhansu Lenka			-
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak			-
	BJP	Bijoy Mohapatra			-
	BSP	Ranjan Kumar Mallik			-
	INC	Balaram Parida			-
	CPI	Golekha Naury			-
	Kalinga Sena	Nalinikanta Behera			-
	Independent	Bikram Keshari Routray			-
	Independent	Siba Prasad Singh			-
	NOTA				-
Registered electors			2,14,942

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Balaram Parida by a margin of 19,595 votes.^[6]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	70,433	48.69	-
	INC	Balaram Parida	50,838	35.14	-
	BJP	Gandharb Chandra Nayak	18,633	12.88	-
	Independent	Alaka Rath	1,650	1.14	-
	Trinamool Congress	Renubala Samal	1,096	0.76	-
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Sethy	744	0.51	-
	SAMO	Saudamini Samantray	551	0.38	-
	Independent	Suvendu Kumar Swain	480	0.33	-
	Independent	Chitaranjan Nayak	232	0.16	-
Majority			19,595	13.55[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,44,673	72.92	-
Registered electors			1,98,390

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 17 April 2014. Constituency: Mahakalapada (100) District: Kendrapara
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "Aul Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
6. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 19595
7. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf