Nuapada Assembly constituency

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

Nuapada is a Bidhana Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, in Odisha.^[1]

Nuapada ନୂଆପଡ଼ା
Constituency No. 71 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Nuapada
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1951
Total electors	2,43,514[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vacant

This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2025 (bypoll)			0%
2024			33.65%
2019			39.75%
2014			36.46%
2009			41.62%
2004			36.86%
2000			57.34%
1997 (bypoll)			38.51%
1995			46.49%
1990			64.83%
1985			49.65%
1980			48.35%
1977			59.08%

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1997 & 2025. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

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

Year	Member	Party
As Nuapada Constituency
2025 (bypoll)[c]
2024[7]	Rajendra Dholakia		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]
2014[9]	Basanta Kumar Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009[10]	Rajendra Dholakia		Biju Janata Dal
2004			Independent politician
2000	Basanta Kumar Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party
1997 (bypoll)[d][11]	Jagannath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
1995	Ghasiram Majhi		Janata Dal
1990
1985
1980	Bhanu Prakash Joshi		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Ghasiram Majhi		Janata Party
1974	Jagannath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
1971	Ghasiram Majhi		Swatantra Party
1967	Onkar Singh		Indian National Congress
1961	Ghasiram Majhi		Swatantra Party
1957[e]	Anupa Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
	Ghasiram Majhi
1951[f]	Anupa Singh Deo
	Chaitan Majhi

Election results

2025 by-election

Elected BJD MLA Shri Rajendra Dholakia died on September 2025. This will be the first bypoll after BJP led by Mohan Majhi came in to power in 2024, thus reflecting its crucial nature.

Election was announced on 6th October 2025. Voting is to be held on 11th November 2025. Counting of votes is on 14th November 2025.^[12]

Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election, 2025: Nuapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Snehangini Chhuria
	INC	Ghasi Ram Majhi
	BJP	Jay Dholakia
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

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.^[13] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Independent candidate Ghasi Ram Majhi by a margin of 10,881 votes.^[7]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Nuapada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	61,822	33.65	6.10
	Independent	Ghasi Ram Majhi	50,941	27.73	New
	BJP	Abhinandan Panda	44,814	24.39	6.53
	INC	Sarat Pattanayak	15,501	8.44	19.00
	NOTA	None of the above	2,291	1.25	0.35
Majority			10,881	5.92	6.39
Turnout			1,83,703	75.44
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi by a margin of 20,330 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	65,647	39.75	9.75
	INC	Ghasi Ram Majhi	45,317	27.44	1.54
	BJP	Home Singh Majhi	29,490	17.86	18.6
	NOTA	None of the above	1,489	0.9
Majority			20,330	12.31
Turnout			1,65.141	73.71
	BJD gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	55,817	36.46	11.39
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	46,207	30.18	11.44
	INC	Ghasi Ram Majhi	39,654	25.90	9.47
	NOTA	None of the above	2,426	1.58	−
Majority			9,610	6.27	−
Turnout			1,53,095	74.4	5.15
Registered electors			2,05,761
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda by a margin of 22,620 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nuapada^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Dholakia	56,874	41.62	−
	BJP	Basanta Kumar Panda	34,254	25.07	−
	INC	Saroj Kumar Sahu	22,450	16.43	−
Majority			22,620	16.55[g]	−
Turnout			1,36,656	69.25	2.24'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000055−QINU`"'
	BJD gain from Independent

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Death of Rajendra Dholakia
4. Death of Ghasiram Majhi
5. It was a 2 member constituency
6. It was a 2 member constituency
7. % of total valid votes