Mahakalapada Assembly constituency

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

Mahakalapada (Sl. No.: 100) is an unreserved Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha.^[2][3]

Mahakalapada
Constituency No. 100 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendrapara
Lok Sabha constituency	Kendrapara
Established	2009
Total electors	2,38,781[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Durga Prasanna Nayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Mahakalapada block and 17 Gram panchayats (Silipur, Dasipur, Dumuka, Marshaghai, Garajanga, Talasanga, Parakula, Akhuadakhin, Raghabapur, Antei, Batira, Beruhan, Manikunda, Angulai, Tikarpanga, Kuhudi and Mangarajpur) of Marsaghai block.^[4][5]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation^[6] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates
2019			51.29%
2014			47.62%
2009			48.69%

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Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Mahakalapada constituency is :- ^[7]

Election	Name	Party
2009	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
2014
2019[8]
2024	Durga Prasan Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

BJP MLA Candidate Durga Prasanna Nayak defeated BJD MLA Candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak .^[9]

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijay Pradhan by a margin of 15,663 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	93,197	51.29	3.67
	BJP	Bijay Pradhan	77534	42.67	7.64
	INC	Bibhransu Sekhar Lenka	8318	4.58	11.28
	NOTA	None of the above	531	0.31
Majority			15,663	8.62	−
Turnout			1,81,714	76.1
Registered electors			2,33,724
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijoy Mohapatra by a margin of 23,246 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	81,050	47.62	−
	BJP	Bijoy Mohapatra	57,804	33.96	−
	BSP	Ranjan Kumar Mallik	1,071	0.63	−
	INC	Balaram Parida	27,001	15.86	−
	CPI	Golekha Naury	744	0.44	−
	NOTA	None of the above	532	0.33	−
Majority			23,246	13.66	−
Turnout			1,70,193	77.94
Registered electors			2,14,942
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Balaram Parida by a margin of 19,595 votes.^[10][3]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahakalapada^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	70,433	48.69	−
	INC	Balaram Parida	50,838	35.14	−
	BJP	Gandharb Chandra Nayak	18,633	12.88	−
Majority			19,595	13.55	−
Turnout			1,44,673	72.92	−
Registered electors			1,98,390
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes