Ranpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ranpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Nayagarh
Blocks	Ranpur, Odagaon
Electorate	1,85,016 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Rabinarayan Mohapatra
Const. No.	119
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Puri

Ranpur (Sl. No.: 119) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Ranpur block and 15 Gram panchayats (Gotisahi, Solapata, Magarabandha, Saranakul, Sikharpur, Angisingi, Dimisara, Godipada, Panchumu, Kajalaipalli, Barasahi, Godipalli, P Manpur, Hariharpur and Badagorada) of Odagaon block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			44.47%
2009			54.48%
2004			48.13%
2000			46.68%
1995			51.75%
1990			54.93%
1985			63.40%
1980			51.49%
1977			23.12%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected member from the Ranpur constituency is: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (119): Rabinarayan Mohapatra(BJD)
• 2009: (119): Satyanarayan Pradhan (BJD)
• 2004: (61): Surama Padhy (BJP)
• 2000: (61): Ramakanta Mishra (Congress)
• 1995: (61): Ramakanta Mishra (Congress)
• 1990: (61): Sarat Chandra Mishra (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (61): Ramakanta Mishra (Congress)
• 1980: (61): Ramakanta Mishra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (61): Ramesh Chandra Panda (CPI (M))
• 1974: (61): Ramesh Chandra Panda (CPI (M))
• 1971: (60): Ramesh Chandra Panda (CPI (M))
• 1967: (60): Achyutananda Mohanty (Congress)
• 1961: (85): Brundaban Chandra Singh (Congress)
• 1957: (58): Basantamanjari Devi (Congress)
• 1951: (92): Basantamanjari Devi (Congress)

2014 Election Results

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabinarayan Mohapatra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Surama Padhy by a margin of 16,426 votes.^[8]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Rabinarayan Mohapatra	60,705	44.47	-1.01
	BJP	Surama Padhy	44,279	32.44	4.94
	INC	Satyajit Pattnaik	17,110	12.53	-9.03
	CPI(M)	Golak Bihari Muduli	6,002	4.4	-
	AOP	Subhashree Panda	5,091	3.73	-
	BSP	Jogendra Nayak	691	0.51	-
	SUCI(C)	Krushna Chandra Mohapatra	445	0.33	-
	Independent	Satyanarayan Mishra	444	0.33	-
	SKD	Aratatrana Pradhan	391	0.29	-
	AAP	Debaraj Sahoo	368	0.27	-
	Independent	Prafulla Routaray	255	0.19	-
	NOTA	None	720	0.53	-
Majority			16,426	12.03	-5.95
Turnout			1,36,501	73.78	5.5
Registered electors			1,85,016
	BJD hold

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Satyanarayan Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Surama Padhy by a margin of 21,601 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Ranpur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Satyanarayan Pradhan	54,643	45.48	-
	BJP	Surama Padhy	33,042	27.50	-
	INC	Ramakanta Mishra	25,898	21.56	-
	Independent	Anil Chhoray	3,499	2.91	-
	RPI(A)	Ashamani Nayak	782	0.65	-
	Independent	Priyabrata Praharaj	726	0.60	-
	Independent	Satyanarayan Mishra	724	0.60	-
	SAMO	Umakanta Mishra	540	0.45	-
	Independent	Jayakrushna Sahoo	285	0.24	-
Majority			21,601	17.98[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,20,162	68.28	-0.42[lower-alpha 3]
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 68.70%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Ranpur (119) District: Nayagarh
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "61 - Ranpur Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 12 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Ranpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
9. "Odisha - Ranpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Ranpur (119)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf