Chilika Assembly constituency

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

Chilika is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.^[2]

Chilika
Constituency No. 118 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Khordha
Lok Sabha constituency	Puri
Established	1974
Total electors	200,341[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prithviraj Harichandan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Banapur, Balugaon, and Chilika block.^[3][4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			49.51%
2019			50.29%
2014			46.70%
2009			45.59%
2004			52.81%
2000			57.40%
1995			51.33%
1990			68.72%
1985			54.80%
1980			50.14%
1977			41.61%

Since its formation in 1951, 12 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Prithviraj Harichandan		BJP
2019	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev[8]		BJD
2014	Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan		BJP
2009	Raghunath Sahu		BJD
2004	Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan		BJP
2000	Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan		BJP
1995	Debendranath Mansingh		INC
1990	Biswabhusan Harichandan		JD
1985	Debendranath Mansingh		INC
1980	Debendranath Mansingh		INC
1977	Biswabhusan Harichandan		JP
1974	Raghunath Ray		INC

Election results

2024

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

In 2024 General assembly election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prithiviraj Harichandan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghunath Sahu by a margin of 4566 votes.^[10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Chilika

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prithviraj Harichandan	83264	49.51
	BJD	Raghunath Sahu	78698	46.8
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Swain	3082	1.83
	AAP	Sangram Keshari Parida	658	0.39
	Janta Darbaar Party	SK Kausar	259	0.15
	Independent	Manmatha Kumar Singh	435	0.26
	Independent	Saktipada Nath	315	0.19
	Independent	Subrat Kumar Habadsingh	402	0.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1048	0.62
Majority			4566	2.71
Turnout			168161	71.57
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Jagadev defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prithviraj Harichandan by a margin of 10856 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chilika^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev	80,133	50.29
	BJP	Prithviraj Harichandan	69277	43.48
	INC	Pradip Kumar Swain	4939	3.1
	NOTA	None of the above	881	0.55
Majority			10856	6.81
Turnout			159340	70.84
	BJD gain from BJP

2014

In the 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghunath Sahu by a margin of 541 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chilika

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan	69,433	46.7	−
	BJD	Raghunath Sahu	68892	46.34	−
	INC	Manasi Pradhan	5182	3.49	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1310	0.88	−
Majority			541	0.36
Turnout			148671	73.3
Registered electors			2,00,341
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janta Dal candidate Raghunath Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan by a margin of 3,066 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Chilika^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raghunath Sahu	57,216	45.59	−
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan	54,150	43.15	−
	INC	Manas Ranjan Mangaraj	11,204	8.93	−
	Independent	Sukanta Srichandan	1,102	0.88	−
	CPI(ML)L	Muralidhar Behera	930	0.74	−
	BSP	Basanta Behera	902	0.72	−
Majority			3,066	2.44[b]	−
Turnout			1,25,512	66.04	−2.08 '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000032−QINU`"'
Registered electors			1,90,062
	BJD gain from BJP

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes