Pottangi Assembly constituency

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

Pottangi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha, India.^[2]

Pottangi
Constituency No. 145 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
LS constituency	Koraput
Established	1957
Total electors	1,72,080^[1]^[a]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pitam Padhi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Damanjodi, Pottangi block, Nandapur block, Semiliguda block and 3 Gram panchayats (Litiguda, Dumuripadar and Mathalput) of Koraput block.^[3][4]

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pitam Padhi won from this constituency.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]
2009			41.60%
2004			47.12%
2000			64.46%
1995			49.10%
1990			70.68%
1985			43.69%
1980			61.86%
1977			52.87%

Twelve elections were held between 1957 and 2014. Elected members from the Pottangi constituency are:^[6][7]

• 2014: (145): Prafulla Kumar Pangi (BJD)
• 2009: (145): Rama Chandra Kadam (Congress)
• 2004: (84): Jayaram Pangi (BJD)
• 2000: (84): Jayaram Pangi (BJD)
• 1995: (84): Rama Chandra Kadam (Congress)
• 1990: (84): Jayaram Pangi (Janata Dal
• 1985: (84): Chandrama Santa (Congress)
• 1980: (84): Chandrama Santa (Congress-I)
• 1977: (84): Jayaram Pangi (Janata Party)
• 1974: (84): Disari Sannu (Utkal Congress)
• 1961: (9): Musuri Santa Pangi (Congress)
• 1957: (7): Mulu Santa (Congress)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Pitam Padhi^[8]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pottangi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pitam Padhi	51,244	35.14
	INC	Rama Chandra Kadam	46989	32.23
	BJP	Rama Chandra Pangi	25956	17.8
	Independent	Nandibali Chaitanya	8238	5.65%
	NOTA	None of the above	5715	3.92%
	BSP	Muralidhara Guntha	4153	2.85%
	Independent	Krushna Chandra Jani	3517	2.41%
Majority			4255	3.00
Turnout			145812	76.26%
	BJD gain from INC		Swing

2014 Election

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pottangi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Chandra Pangi	46839	38.1%
	INC	Rama Chandra Kadam	36075	29.35%
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Jani	9401	7.65%
	Independent	Bhagavan Petia	7547	6.14%
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Ulka	6725	5.47%
	SAMO	Guneipadia Radha	6092	4.96%
	NOTA	None of the above	4995	4.06%
	OJM	Jayaram Bhoi	3447	2.8%
	SKD	Snehapatra Saanta	1807	1.47%
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Pottangi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rama Chandra Kadam	41,451	41.60
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Pangi	36,015	36.14
	BJP	Dhanpati Eading	9,257	9.29	-
	RSP	Trilochan Muduli	5,462	5.48	-
	SAMO	Anantaram Mattam	4,620	4.64	-
	CPI(ML)L	Jagga Hikaka	2,839	2.85	-
Majority			5,436	5.46^[b]	-
Turnout			99,646	59.96	-
	INC gain from BJD		Swing	-5.14^[c]

Notes

 

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Vizagapatam/Gazetteer/Pottangi Taluk

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.10%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Pottangi (145) District: Koraput
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "84 - Pottangi (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
7. "Pottangi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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