Khalikote Assembly constituency

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

Khallikote is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.^[2]

Khallikote
Constituency No. 126 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Aska
Established	1951
Total electors	1,96,972[1][a]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suryamani Baidya
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Khallikote, Purusottampur, Khallikote block and 10 Gram panchayats (Achuli, Handighar, K.N Pur, Pratappur, Ranajhali, Raipur, Solaghara, Jagannathpur, Baghala, Bhatakumarada, Sunathara, Badabaragam, Bhimpur, Gangadehuni and Jamuni) of Purusottampur block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			53.82%
2019			59.95%
2014			62.70%
2009			68.07%
2004			57.58%
2000			63.67%
1995			57.68%
1990			59.68%
1985			53.96%
1980			53.37%
1977			64.61%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1963.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024
2019	Suryamani Baidya[8][9]		BJD
2014	Purna Chandra Sethy		BJD
2009	Purna Chandra Sethy		BJD
2004	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		BJD
2000	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		BJD
1995	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		JD
1990	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		JD
1985	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		JP
1980	Trinath Samantray		INC
1977	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		JP
1974	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Utkal Congress
1971	Trinath Samantray		Utkal Congress
1967	Narayan Sahu		SSP
1963 (bypoll)[b]	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		INC
1961	Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev		INC
1957	Narayan Sahu		Independent
1951	Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev		Independent

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Khalikote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Suryamani Baidya
	BJP	Purna Chandra Sethi
	INC	Chitra Sen Behera
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Suryamani Baidya defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bharati Behera by a margin of 41,545 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khalikote^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Suryamani Baidya	86,105	59.95
	BJP	Bharati Behera	44560	31.02
	INC	Bhokali Sethi	6301	4.39
	NOTA	None of the above	2312	1.61
	HND	Mina Kumari Tahal	1689	1.18
	SKD	Sudarsan Jalli	1412	0.98
	Independent	Mangaraj Behera	1250	0.87
Majority			41545	28.93
Turnout			143629	65.92
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Purna Chandra Sethy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pandaba Jalli by a margin of 57.194 votes.^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khalikote^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Purna Chandra Sethy	78,845	62.7	−5.37
	INC	Pandaba Jalli	21,651	17.22	−4.33
	BJP	Sarat Chandra Behera	15,382	12.23	8.56
	CPI	Simanchal Behera	4,915	3.91
	AAP	Saroj Kumar Behera	1,387	1.1
	Kalinga Sena	Ranjan Dangua	1,168	0.93
	NOTA	None of the above	2,397	1.91	−
Majority			57,194	45.48	−1.04
Turnout			1,25,745	63.84	10.38
Registered electors			1,96,972
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Death of Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev
3. % of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.25%