Kantamal Assembly constituency

Kantamal is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Boudh district, Odisha.[1]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Kantamal.

Kantamal
Constituency No. 85 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictBoudh
LS constituencyKandhamal
Established2004
Total electors143,026
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Mahidhar Rana
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

This constituency includes Kantamal block and 10 GPs (Raxa, Manupali, Gochhapada, Baunsuni, Bohira, Talasarada, Mundipadar, Sagada, Gundulia and Ainlapali) of Boudh block.[2][3]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014
 
 42.62%
2009
 
 44.68%

Two elections held during 2009 to 2014 for the Kantamal Vidhan Sabha Constituency, elected members from the Kantamal constituency are :[5]

  • 2014: (85): Mahidhar Rana (BJD)
  • 2009: (85): Bhagaban Kanhar (BJD)
Year Member Party
2019 Mahidhar Rana[6] Biju Janata Dal

2019 Election Result

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2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mahidhar Rana 43099 33.03
BJP Kanhai Charan Danga 39449 30.24
Independent Sesha Kumar Meher 28370 21.75
INC Prasanta Kumar Sahu 13166 21.75
HND Manoranjan Kuanar 2255 1.73
NOTA None of the above 1091 1091
Majority
Turnout 3650
BJD gain from BJP Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahidhar Rana defeated Indian National Congress candidate Harinarayan Pradhan by a margin of 25,366 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mahidhar Rana 49,202 42.62 -2.06
INC Harinarayan Pradhan 23,836 20.65 -9.99
Independent Kanhai Charana Danga 23,688 20.52
BJP Sudhansu Danga 9,336 8.09 -11.78
PBI Aditya Pradhan 2,791 2.42
KOKD Dolamani Pradhan 1,630 1.41
PVP Bishnupriya Panda 868 0.75
AAP Rajeeb Kumar Nayak 848 0.73
BSP Ramesh Chandra Dehuria 845 0.73 -0.69
OJM Sandip Kumar Meher 697 0.6
Independent Sushil Kumbhar 563 0.49
NOTA None of the above 1,132 0.98 -
Majority 25,366 21.97 7.92
Turnout 1,15,436 80.71 6.84
Registered electors 1,43,026
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhagaban Kanhor defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kanhai Charan Danga by a margin of 14,453 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kantamal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Bhagaban Kanhor 45,979 44.68 -
INC Kanhai Charan Danga 31,526 30.64 -
BJP Hari Narayan Pradhan 20,448 19.87
Independent Lalit Kumar Sahu 2,387 2.32 -
BSP Hemanta Suna 1,459 1.42 -
SP Snehalata Nayak 1,100 1.07 -
Majority 14,453 14.05[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,02,929 73.87 -
BJD win (new seat)

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Kantamal (85) District : Boudh
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "105 - Kantamal Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. "Boudh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  6. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. News18 (2019). "Kantamal Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Kantamal Constituency (Seat) Election Results". Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "Odisha - Kantamal". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. "Odisha - Kantamal". Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kantamal (85). EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 14453
  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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