Mohana Assembly constituency

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

Mohana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Gajapati district, Odisha, India.^[1]

Mohana
Constituency No. 136 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Mohana assembly constituency in Gajapati district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Gajapati
Lok Sabha constituency	Berhampur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,46,023[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dasarathi Gomango
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Map of Mohana Constituency

This constituency includes Nuagada Block, Mohana Block, R.Udayagiri Block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			34.64%
2019			33%
2014			29.88%
2009			33.63%
2004			47.60%
2000			58.62%
1995			43.08%
1990			62.12%
1985			64.48%
1980			40.59%
1977			41.21%

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

List of members elected from Mohana constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Dasarathi Gomango		Indian National Congress
2019[8]
2014[9]	Basanti Mallick		Biju Janata Dal
2009[10]	Chakradhar Paik		Indian National Congress
2004	Surjya Narayan Patro		Biju Janata Dal
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Sarat Kumar Jena		Indian National Congress
1980	Uday Narayan Dev		Janata Party (Secular)
1977			Lok Dal
1974			Utkal Congress
1971	Bhimasena Mandolo		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Tareni Sardar		Indian National Congress
1961	Biswanath Nayak

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.^[11] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanta Kumar Mallick by a margin of 4,059 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dasarathi Gomango	62,117	34.64	1.64
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Mallick	58,058	32.38	4.38
	BJD	Antarjyami Gamanga	47,386	26.43	4.57
	NOTA	None of the above	4,317	2.41	0.64
Majority			4,059	2.26	0.83
Turnout			1,79,307	71.2	4.46
	INC hold

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gomango defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Purnabasi Nayak by a margin of 2,354 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dasarathi Gomango	53,705	32.75
	BJD	Purnabasi Nayak	51,351	31.32
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Mallik	46,176	28.16
	NOTA	None of the above	2,898	1.77
Majority			2,354	1.43
Turnout			1,63,971	75.66
	INC gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Basanti Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gomango by a margin of 115 votes.^[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Basanti Mallick	43,006	29.88	11.85
	INC	Dasarathi Gomango	42,891	29.8	3.83
	BJP	Bharat Paik	39,625	27.53	5.29
	NOTA	None of the above	3,604	2.5	−
Majority			115	0.08	0.74
Turnout			1,43,943	74.73	8.47
Registered electors			1,92,613
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chakradhar Paik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Antarjami Gamanga by a margin of 35,484 votes.^[10]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Mohana^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chakradhar Paik	37,697	33.63	−
	BJP	Antarjami Gamanga	36,780	32.82	−
	BJD	Johan Dalabehera	20,206	18.03	−
Majority			917	0.82[c]	−
Turnout			1,12,087	66.26[d]	1.45
	INC gain from BJD

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 64.81%