Begunia Assembly constituency

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

Begunia is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.^[2] This constituency includes Begunia block and Bologarh block.^[3][4]

Begunia
Constituency No. 116 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Khordha
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhubaneswar
Established	1957
Total electors	193,920[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pradip Kumar Sahu
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Begunia is a block town of Khordha district of the Indian state of Odisha. The distance from district headquarters is 18 km.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			57.45%
2019			47.06%
2014			51.46%
2009			38.73%
2004			47.71%
2000			42.70%
1995			45.85%
1990			58.80%
1985			59.99%
1980			47.08%
1977			34.49%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1995.

List of members elected from Begunia constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Pradip Kumar Sahu		BJD
2019	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo[8]		BJD
2014	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev		BJD
2009	Prashanta Nanda		NCP
2004	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		INC
2000	Prashanta Nanda		BJP
1995 (bypoll)[b]	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		INC
1995	Harihara Sahoo		INC
1990	Surendranath Mishra		JD
1985	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		INC
1980	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		INC
1977	Chintamani Panigrahi		INC
1974	Satyananda Champatiray		Utkal Congress
1971	Gangadhar Paikaray		CPI
1967	Gangadhar Paikaray		CPI
1961	Gangadhar Paikaray		CPI
1957	Satyananda Champatiray		INC
1951	Gangadhar Paikaray		CPI

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Begunia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Sahu	90,964	57.45	10.39
	BJP	Prakasha Chandra Bijuli	43,150	27.25	10.32
	INC	Pruthvi Ballav Patnaik	18,144	11.46	22.70
	NOTA	None of the above	998	0.63	0.05
Majority			47,814
Turnout			158,346
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Sahoo by a margin of 20,048 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Begunia^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo	73,178	47.06	4.40
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Sahoo	53,130	34.16	19.77
	BJP	Rhishav Nanda	26,321	16.93	9.55
	NOTA	None of the above	909	0.58
Majority			20,048	12.90
Turnout			155511	72.25
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Jagadev defeated Aama Odisha Party candidate Pradeep Kumar Sahoo by a margin of 43,425 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Begunia^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev	73,984	51.46
	AOP	Pradeep Kumar Sahoo	30,559	21.26
	INC	Debasis Patnaik	20,689	14.39
	BJP	Jatin Kumar Mohanty	10,611	7.38
	NOTA	None of the above	767	0.53
Majority			43,425	30.20
Turnout			143761	73.52
Registered electors			1,93,920
	BJD gain from NCP

2009

In 2009 election, Nationalist Congress Party candidate Prashanta Nanda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Sahoo by a margin of 10,617 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Begunia^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Prashanta Nanda	45,355	38.73	−
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Sahoo	34,738	29.66	−
	Independent	Kailash Chandra Mahapatra	13,074	11.16	−
	Independent	Dr. Prafulla Kumar Jati	12,171	10.39	−
	BJP	Surendranath Mishra	6,692	5.71	−
	Independent	Bhikari Charan Sahoo	1,903	1.62	−
	Independent	Nirvaya Kumar Samantray	997	0.85	−
	RPD	Natabar Maharana	804	0.69	−
	BSP	Sisir Mohapatra	757	0.65	−
	Independent	Pramod Chandra Dash	617	0.53	−
Majority			10,617	9.07[c]	−
Turnout			1,17,113	61.98	−
Registered electors			1,88,949
	NCP gain from INC		Swing	-3.53 [d]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Resignation of Harihara Sahoo
3. %of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.51%