Kotpad Assembly constituency

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

Kotpad is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha.^[2]

Kotpad
Constituency No. 142 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	koraput
Lok Sabha constituency	Nabarangpur
Established	1961
Total electors	1,87,036[1][a]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rupu Bhatra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Map of Kotpad Constituency

This constituency includes Kotpad, Kotpad block, Kundra block, 11 Gram panchayats (Dengapadar, Aunli, Malda, Sanparia, Jujhari, Kamara, Pondasguda, Sosahandi, Kanagam, Anchala and Bijapur) of Borigumma block and 7 Gram panchayats (Gupteswar, Ramagiri, Dandabadi, Baligam, Kathapada, Majhiguda and Tentuliguma) of Boipariguda block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			42.13%
2019			37.1%
2014			37.40%
2009			37.40%
2004			47.13%
2000			61.47%
1995			69.37%
1990			45.41%
1985			72.80%
1980			69.47%
1977			66.49%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Rupa Bhatra		BJP
2019	Padmini Dian[8][9]		BJD
2014	Chandra Sekhar Majhi		INC
2009	Basudev Majhi
2004
2000
1995
1990	Sadan Naik		JD
1985	Basudev Majhi		INC
1980
1977
1974
1971	Dhansai Rondhari		SWA
1967	Surjya Narayan Majhi		INC
1961	Mahadev Bakria

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rupu Bhatra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Chandra Sekhar Majhi by a margin of 26,264 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kotpad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rupu Bhatra	75,275	42.13	21.05
	BJD	Chandra Sekhar Majhi	49,011	27.43	9.67
	INC	Anamu Dian	44,840	25.10	9.93
	NOTA	None of the above	3,314	1.85
Majority			26,264	14.70
Turnout			1,78,656	76.28	5.94
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmini Dian defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Majhi by a margin of 2631 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kotpad^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmini Dian	62,248	37.1
	INC	Chandra Sekhar Majhi	59617	35.53
	BJP	Khageshwar Pujari	35366	21.08
	NOTA	None of the above	3564	2.12
Majority			2631	1.57
Turnout			167786	82.22
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ashok Kumar Pangi by a margin of 31,321 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kotpad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chandra Sekhar Majhi	71,018	48.08
	BJD	Ashok Kumar Pangi	39697	26.88
	BJP	Padmanav Majhi	20699	14.01
	NOTA	None of the above	4863	3.29
Majority			31321	21.2
Turnout			147701	81.8
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chandra Sekhar Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Gopi Nath Nayak by a margin of 11,234 votes.

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kotpad^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Basudev Majhi	45,603	37.40	9.73
	BJD	Gopi Nath Nayak	34,369	28.19	−
	BJP	Padmanav Majhi	20,442	16.77	−
	Independent	Sadan Naik	9,775	8.02	−
	Kalinga Sena	Kamalu Bhatra	3,276	2.69	−
	BSP	Balaram Nayak	3,233	2.65	−
	SAMO	Bidyabati Challan	2,891	2.37	−
	RSP	Trilochan Disari	2,338	1.92	−
Majority			11,234	9.21[b]	−
Turnout			1,21,930	73.31	−
	INC hold		Swing	1.39[c]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.92%