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. This constituency includes Chhendipada block and 12 GPs (Kandasar, Badakerajang, Jarasingha, Kanjara, Karadagadia, Kukudang, Kumand, Kurudol, Sakosingha, Sanakerajang, Tubey and Santrapur) of Banarpal block.^[1][2][3]

Chhendipada
Constituency No. 62 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northern Division
District	Angul
Lok Sabha constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1961
Total electors	2,11,410[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Agasti Behera
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Constituency didn't existed in between 1977 & 2004. It was revived in 2008 Delimitation^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			52.58%
2019			45.39%
2014			44.83%
2009			45.37%

Since its formation in 1961, 7 elections were held till date.

Elected members from the Chhendipada constituency are:^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024[6]	Agasti Behera		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[7]	Susanta Kumar Behera		Biju Janata Dal
2014[8]
2009[9]	Khageswar Behera
1974-2004 : Constituency did not exist
1971	Bhajaman Behera[10]		Utkal Congress
1967	Nabaghan Nayak[11]		Orissa Jana Congress
1961	Pada Naik[12]		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[13] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Agasti Behera defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Susanta Kumar Behera by a margin of votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Chhendipada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Agasti Behera	93,629	52.58
	BJD	Susanta Kumar Behera	78,566	44.12
	INC	Narottam Nayak	3,681	2.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1,370	0.77
Majority			15,063	8.46
Turnout			1,78,066	84.23
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Susanta Kumar Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Agasti Behera by a margin of 6,794 votes.^[7]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhendipada^[14]

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
	NOTA	None of the above	1,386	0.84
Majority			6,794	4.12
Turnout			1,65,035	79.56
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Susanta Kumar Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Agasti Behera by a margin of 9,807 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhendipada^[15]

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
	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

2009

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

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chhendipada^[9]

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	−
Majority			4,906	4.09[c]	−
Turnout			1,19,894	69.43	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes