Mahanga Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous village, see Mahanga.

Mahanga is a Vidhan Sabha constituency located in the Cuttack district, Odisha.^[1] It falls under the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Mahanga
Constituency No. 95 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Cuttack
Lok Sabha constituency	Kendrapara
Established	1951
Total electors	2,71,535[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sarada Prasad Padhan
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Established in 1951, this constituency includes Mahanga block and 26 Gram panchayats (Fagola, Ramakrushnpur, Jignipur, Nischintakoili, Narendrapur, Nagaspur, Daudpur, Sukarpada, Asureswar, Taratasasan, Palisahi, Jamara, Orti, Kentalo, Baliapada, Kerilo, Buhalo, Kendupatana, Jhadeswarpur, Bandhakatia, Natakai, Kolanpur, Katikata, Katarpara, Jairampur, Barado and Sarapada) Nischintakoili block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			42.86%
2019			53.13%
2014			49.34%
2009			56.82%
2004			53.42%
2000			50.52%
1995			51.69%
1990			57.84%
1985			52.66%
1980			49.05%
1977			63.83%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.^[5]

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Sarada Prasad Padhan		Independent politician
2019[9]	Pratap Jena		Biju Janata Dal
2014[7]
2009[10]
2004	Bikram Keshari Barma
2000	Sarat Kumar Kar
1995	Sk. Matlub Ali		Indian National Congress
1990	Sarat Kumar Kar		Janata Dal
1985	Sk. Matlub Ali		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Pradipta Kishore Das		Janata Party
1974	Sk. Matlub Ali		Indian National Congress
1971	Sarat Kumar Kar		Utkal Congress
1967	Biraja Prasad Ray		Praja Socialist Party
1961	Surendranath Patnaik		Orissa Jana Congress
1957-1960 : Constituency didn't exist
1955 (bypoll)[c]	Pradipta Kishore Das		Praja Socialist Party
1951	Mahammad Attahar		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ankit Pratap Jena by a margin of 7,423 votes.^[8]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sarada Prasad Padhan	88,632	42.86
	BJD	Ankit Pratap Jena	81,209	39.27	14.00
	BJP	Sumant Kumar Ghadei	19,481	9.42	28.99
	INC	Debendra Kumar Sahoo	14,796	7.15	0.35
	NOTA	None of the above	525	0.25	0.03
Majority			7,423	3.59[d]	11.31
Turnout			2,06,802	76.16
	Independent gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sarada Prasad Pradhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	106,054	53.27	3.94
	BJP	Sarada Prasad Padhan	76,469	38.41	4.43
	INC	Debendra Kumar Sahoo	14,922	7.5	26.01
	NOTA	None of the above	564	0.28
Majority			29,585	14.9[e]
Turnout			1,99,062	76.64
Registered electors			2,61,545
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	89,531	49.34	7.48
	Independent	Sarada Prasad Padhan	61,657	33.98
	INC	Sk. Matlub Ali	22,297	12.29	26.01
	BJP	Samir Kumar Samal	3,572	1.97	1.87
	NOTA	None of the above	1,074	0.59	−
Majority			27,874	15.45[f]	−
Turnout			1,81,462	76.64
Registered electors			2,36,778
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sk. Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	89,628	56.82	−
	INC	Sk. Matlub Ali	60,408	38.30	−
	BJP	Choudhury Pravatkeshari Mishra	6,050	3.84	−
Turnout			1,57,747	70.87	4.88
Registered electors			2,22,602
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Mahammad Attahar
4.  % of total valid votes
5. % of total valid votes
6. % of total valid votes