Khalikote Assembly constituency

Khallikote (Sl. No.: 126) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.[2]

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

Khallikote
Legislative Assembly of Odisha constituency
DistrictGanjam
BlocksKhallikote, Purusottampur
Electorate1,96,972 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsKhallikote, Purusottampur
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLASmt. Surjyamani Baidya
Const. No.126
Reserved forScheduled Castes
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesAska

This constituency includes Khallikote, Purusottampur, Khallikote block and 10 Gram panchayats (Achuli, Handighar, K.N Pur, Pratappur, Ranajhali, Raipur, Solaghara, Jagannathpur, Baghala, Bhatakumarada, Sunathara, Badabaragam, Bhimpur, Gangadehuni and Jamuni) of Purusottampur block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 62.70%
2009
 
 68.07%
2004
 
 57.58%
2000
 
 63.67%
1995
 
 57.68%
1990
 
 59.68%
1985
 
 53.96%
1980
 
 53.37%
1977
 
 64.61%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Khallikote constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2014: (126): Purna Chandra Sethy (BJD)
  • 2009: (126): Purna Chandra Sethy (BJD)
  • 2004: (72): V. Sugnan Kumari Deo (BJD)
  • 2000: (72): V. Sugnan Kumari Deo (BJD)
  • 1995: (72): V. Sugnan Kumari Deo (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (72): V. Sugnan Kumari Deo (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (72): V. Sugnan Kumari Deo (Janata Party)
  • 1980: (72): Trinath Samantara (Congress)
  • 1977: (72): V. Sugnan Kumari Deo (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (72): V. Sugnan Kumari Deo (Utkal Congress)
  • 1971: (68): Trinath Samantara (Utkal Congress)
  • 1967: (68): Narayan Sahu(Samjukta Socialist Party)
  • 1961: (20): Ram Chandra Mardaraj Deo(Congress)
  • 1957: (15): Narayan Sahu (Independent)
  • 1951: (102): Ram Chandra Mardaraj Deo (Independent)
Year Member Party
2019 Suryamani Baidya[8][9] Biju Janata Dal

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khalikote [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Suryamani Baidya 86105 59.95%
BJP Bharati Behera 44560 31.02%
INC Bhokali Sethi 6301 4.39%
NOTA None of the above 2312 1.61%
HND Mina Kumari Tahal 1689 1.18%
SKD Sudarsan Jalli 1412 0.98%
Independent Mangaraj Behera 1250 0.87%
Majority 44560
Turnout
BJD gain from BJP Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Purna Chandra Sethy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pandaba Jalli by a margin of 57.194 votes.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khalikote[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Purna Chandra Sethy 78,845 62.7 -5.37
INC Pandaba Jalli 21,651 17.22 -4.33
BJP Sarat Chandra Behera 15,382 12.23 8.56
CPI Simanchal Behera 4,915 3.91
AAP Saroj Kumar Behera 1,387 1.1
Kalinga Sena Ranjan Dangua 1,168 0.93
NOTA None of the above 2,397 1.91 -
Majority 57,194 45.48 -1.04
Turnout 1,25,745 63.84 10.38
Registered electors 1,96,972
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Purna Chandra Sethy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kasinath Behera by a margin of 44,629 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khallikote[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Purna Chandra Sethy 65,299 68.07 10.49
INC Kasinath Behera 20,670 21.55 -
Independent Gopal Krishna Behera 3,901 4.07 -
BJP Mina Kumari Tahal 3,520 3.67 -
SAMO Ranjan Dangua 1,546 1.61 -
RSP Rama Chandra Behera 992 1.03 -
Majority 44,629 46.52[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 95,931 53.46 -
BJD hold Swing -6.79 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.25%

References
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  8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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  10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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