Khunta Assembly constituency

Khunta was a Assembly constituency from Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.^[1] It was established in 1951 and abolished in 1956.^[2] It was revived in 1961^[3] and abolished in 2008. After 2008 delimitation, It was subsumed by the Baripada Assembly constituency.^[4] This constituency was reserved for Schedule Tribes.

Khunta
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Lok Sabha constituency	Mayurbhanj
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	ST

The extent of Khunta constituency comprised Khunta police station of Kaptipada sub-division, and Similipal and Kuliana police stations of Sadar sub-division.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Vote share of Winning candidate
2004			41.37%
2000			39.61%
1995			32.29%
1990			49.13%
1985			47.65%
1980			59.00%
1977			44.93%
1974			53.86%
1971			26.43%
1967			27.71%
1961			40.87%
1951			53.47%

Between 1951 & 2008, 12 elections were held.^[5]

List of members elected from Khunta constituency are:

Year	Member	Party
1951	Shakilla Sharen		Socialist Party
1957-1961: Constituency didn't exist
1961	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Praja Socialist Party
1967	Harachand Hansda		Praja Socialist Party
1971	Bira Bhadra Singh		Utkal Congress
1974	Ramesh Soren		Indian National Congress
1977			Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Biram Murmu		Indian National Congress
1990	Birabhadra Singh		Janata Dal
1995	Saraswati Hembram		Indian National Congress
2000	Golak Bihari Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

1951

1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election: Khunta^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Shakilla Sharen	7,985	53.47%
	INC	Dhyan Chandra Tudu	6,949	46.53%
Turnout			14,934	30.71%
Registered electors			48,625
Margin of victory			1,036	6.94%
	Socialist win (new seat)