Nuapada Assembly constituency

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

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

Nuapada
Constituency No. 71 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Nuapada
LS constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1951
Total electors	227778
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajendra Dholakia
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			33.65%
2019			39.75%
2014			36.46%
2009			41.62%
2004			36.86%
2000			57.34%
1995			46.49%
1990			64.83%
1985			49.65%
1980			48.35%
1977			59.08%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1997. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Nuapada constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Rajendra Dholakia		BJD
2019	Rajendra Dholakia[7]		BJD
2014	Basanta Kumar Panda		BJP
2009	Rajendra Dholakia		BJD
2004	Rajendra Dholakia		Independent
2000	Basanta Kumar Panda		BJP
1997 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 1]	Jagannath Patnaik		INC
1995	Ghasiram Majhi		JD
1990	Ghasiram Majhi		JD
1985	Ghasiram Majhi		JD
1980	Bhanu Prakash Joshi		INC
1977	Ghasiram Majhi		JP
1974	Jagannath Patnaik		INC
1971	Ghasiram Majhi		SWA
1967	Onkar Singh		INC
1961	Ghasiram Majhi		SWA
1957[lower-alpha 2]	Ghasiram Majhi		INC
	Anupa Singh Deo		INC
1951[lower-alpha 3]	Chaitan Majhi		INC
	Anupa Singh Deo		INC

Election results

2024

In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Independent candidate Ghasiram Majhi by a margin of 10,881 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Nuapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	61,822	33.65	6.10
	Independent	Ghasiram Majhi	50,941	27.73	New
	BJP	Abhinandan Panda	44,814	24.39	6.53
	INC	Sarat Pattanayak	15,501	8.44	19.00
	Independent	Bhujabal Adabang	5,655	3.08	2.39
	NOTA	None of the above	2,291	1.25	0.35
	BSP	Sukhdar Dandsena	1,429	0.78	0.33
	SP	Lochan Singh Majhi	1,250	0.68	N/A
Majority			10,881	5.92	6.39
Turnout			1,83,703
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi by a margin of 20,330 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	65,647	39.75	9.75
	INC	Ghasiram Majhi	45,317	27.44	1.54
	BJP	Home Singh Majhi	29,490	17.86	18.6
	Independent	Jadumani Panigrahi	16,535	10.01
	Independent	Lochan Singh Majhi	2,285	1.38
	BSP	Kunti Sahoo	1,835	1.11	0.6
	SKD	Bharat Tripathi	1,410	0.85
	Independent	Bhujbal Adbong	1,133	0.69
	NOTA	None of the above	1,489	0.9
Majority			20,330	12.31
Turnout			165141	73.71
	BJD gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	55,817	36.46	11.39
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	46,207	30.18	11.44
	INC	Ghasi Ram Majhi	39,654	25.90	9.47
	BSP	Kunti Sahoo	2,611	1.71	11.33
	AOP	Iswar Chandra Thakur	1,923	1.26
	OJM	Rangadhar Majhi	1,102	0.72
	AAP	Surendra Prasad Panda	943	0.62
	SP	Lochan Singh Majhi	924	0.6
	Independent	Bharat Das	834	0.54
	SKD	Prabhat Kumar Dharua	654	0.43
	NOTA	None of the above	2,426	1.58	−
Majority			9,610	6.27	−
Turnout			1,53,095	74.4	5.15
Registered electors			2,05,761
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda by a margin of 22,620 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	56,874	41.62	−
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	34,254	25.07	−
	INC	Saroj Kumar Sahu	22,450	16.43	−
	BSP	Ghasi Ram Majhi	17,823	13.04	−
	SAMO	Surendra Prasad Panda	3,192	2.34	−
	RPI(A)	Nityananda Bhoi	2,056	1.50	−
Majority			22,620	16.55[lower-alpha 4]	−
Turnout			1,36,656	69.25	−2.24'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000035−QINU`"'
	BJD gain from Independent

Notes

1. Death of Ghasiram Majhi
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. % of total valid votes

References

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