Chhendipada Assembly constituency

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

Chhendipada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.^[1]

Chhendipada
Constituency No. 62 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Angul
LS constituency	Sambalpur
Established	2004
Total electors	172,675
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Susanta Kumar Behera
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Chhendipada block and 12 GPs (Kandasar, Badakerajang, Jarasingha, Kanjara, Karadagadia, Kukudang, Kumand, Kurudol, Sakosingha, Sanakerajang, Tubey and Santrapur) of Banarpal block.^[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Khageswar Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Agasti Behera by a margin of 4,906 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2019			45.39%
2014			44.83%
2009			45.37%

Six elections were held between 1961 and 2009 inclusive. Elected members from the Chhendipada constituency are:^[5][6]

• 2014: (62): Susanta Kumar Behera (BJD)
• 2009: (62): Khageswar Behera (Biju Janata Dal|BJD)
• 1971: (138): Bhajaman Behera (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (138): Nabaghana Nayak (Jana Congress)
• 1961: (78): Pada Nayak (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Susanta Kumar Behera^[7]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhendipada^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Susanta Kumar Behera	74,911	45.39	0.56
	BJP	Agasti Behera	68,117	41.27	29.86
	INC	Sashmita Behera	16,588	10.05	27.69
	BSP	Sarat Chandra Naik	1,436	0.87	1.95
	NOTA	None of the above	1,386	0.84
		Rest of the Candidates	2,597	1.57
Majority			6,794	4.12
Turnout
	BJD hold		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sujit Kumar Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Agasti Behera by a margin of 9,807 votes.^[9][10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhendipada^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Susanta Kumar Behera	62,035	44.83
	INC	Agasti Behera	52,228	37.74
	BJP	Santosh Kumar Naik	15,791	11.41
	BSP	Gobinda Naik	3,906	2.82
	SUCI(C)	Bharat Kumar Naik	824	0.6
	Independent	Sukadeb Behera	654	0.47
	AAP	Trilochan Behera	527	0.38
	API	Subash Naik	477	0.34
	Independent	Bhikaram Naik	419	0.3
	NOTA	None of the above	1524	1.1	-
Majority			9,807	7.09	3.0
Turnout			1,38,385	74.43	5.0
Registered electors			1,85,931
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhendipada^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Khageswar Behera	70,975	45.37	-
	INC	Agasti Behera	49,482	41.27	-
	BSP	Gobinda Naik	6,916	5.77	-
	BJP	Sanjaya Kumar Naik	6,904	5.76	-
	RPI(A)	Rajesh pradhan	2,196	1.83	-
Majority			4,906	4.09^[a]	-
Turnout			1,19,894	69.43	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Constituency: Chhendipada (62) District : Agul
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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6. "Chhendipada Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
9. . leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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11. "Odisha - Chhendipada". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
12. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Chhendipada (62)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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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