G. Udayagiri Assembly constituency

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

G. Udayagiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kandhamal district, Odisha.^[2]

G. Udayagiri
Constituency No. 83 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kandhamal
LS constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1951
Total electors	200,776 (as on 2019)^[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saluga Pradhan
Party	Biju Janta Dal
Elected year	2019

Area of this constituency includes G. Udayagiri, G. Udayagiri block, Daringbadi block, Tikabali block and Raikia block.^[3][4]

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoj Kumar Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ajayanti Pradhan by a margin of 23,935 votes.^[5]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[6]
2014			39.82%
2009			43.92%
2004			48.76%
2000			50.08%
1995			49.73%
1990			49.78%
1985			58.25%
1980			54.15%
1977			53.73%

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the G. Udayagiri constituency are:^[7]

• 2014: (83): Jacob Pradhan (Congress)
• 2009: (83): Manoj Pradhan (BJP)
• 2004: (103): Ajayanti Pradhan (Congress)
• 2000: (103): Saluga Pradhan (BJD)
• 1995: (103): Nagarjuna Pradhan (Congress)
• 1990: (103): Nagarjuna Pradhan (Congress)
• 1985: (103): Nagarjuna Pradhan (Congress)
• 1980: (103): Nagarjuna Pradhan (Congress-I)
• 1977: (103): Ranjit Kumar Pradhan (Janata Party)
• 1974: (103): Gopal Pradhan (Congress)
• 1971: (96): Gopal Pradhan (Swatantra)
• 1967: (96): Gopal Pradhan (Swatantra)
• 1961: (30): Sarangadhar Pradhan (Congress)
• 1957: (24): Sarangadhar Pradhan (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (11): Sadananda Sahu (Independent)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Saluga Pradhan^[1]^[8]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Saluga Pradhan	53,238^[1]	38.61
	INC	Shyamghana Pradhan	41977	30.45
	BJP	Archana Pradhan	35998	26.11
	Independent	Jacob Pradhan (incumbent}	1920	1.31
	Independent	Pushara Kanhar	1492	1.08
	Independent	Pratap Kumar Pradhan	1238	0.9
	NCP	Asish Mallik	1074	0.78
	NOTA	None of the above	938	0.68
Majority
Turnout			137875	68.67
Registered electors			2,00,776
	BJD gain from INC		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jacob Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,289 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jacob Pradhan	48,958	39.82	19.26
	BJD	Pradeep Kumar Pradhan	39,669	31.45	16.01
	BJP	Managobinda Pradhan	27,295	22.2	-21.72
	AOP	Pradeep Kumar Mallick	3,205	2.61
	NCP	Menaka Pradhan	1,867	1.52
	Independent	Sanjaya Kumar Pradhan	1,156	0.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,790	1.46	-
Majority			10,289	8.37	-14.99
Turnout			1,22,940	71.04	5.59
Registered electors			1,73,047
	INC gain from BJP

2009

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Pradhan	45,009	43.92	-
	INC	Ajayanti Pradhan	21,074	20.56	-
	BJD	Luko Sunamajhi	15,818	15.44	-
	Independent	Saluga Pradhan	10,715	10.46	-
	BSP	Shyamaghan Pradhan	2,068	2.02	-
	Independent	Nameswar Sunamajhi	2,027	1.98	-
	Independent	Pradeep Kumar Konhar	1,840	1.80	-
	Independent	Menaka Pradhan	1,559	1.52	-
	Independent	Sanjaya Pradhan	1,428	1.39	-
	SP	Philmon Pradhan	938	0.92	-
Majority			23,935	23.36^[a]	-
Turnout			1,02,536	65.45	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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