Narla Assembly constituency

Narla (Sl. No.: 81) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.[2]

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

Narla
Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency
DistrictKalahandi
BlocksNarla, Karlamunda, Madanpur-Rampur, Kesinga
Electorate1,96,059 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created1967
PartyBJD
MLABhupinder Singh
Const. No.81
Reserved forNone
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesKalahandi

This constituency includes Narla block, Karlamunda block, Madanpur-Rampur block and 9 Gram panchayats (Belkhandi, Hatikhoj, Kantesir, Kashurpada, Nunmath, Paralsingha, Sirjapalli, Tundla and Turlakhman) of Kesinga block.[3][4]

Elected members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019
 
 31.12%
2014
 
 37.73%
2009
 
 36.32%
2004
 
 49.53%
2000
 
 55.22%
1995
 
 36.27%
1990
 
 63.91%
1985
 
 53.16%
1980
 
 56.02%
1977
 
 47.41%

Twelve elections were held between 1967 and 2014. Elected members from the Narla constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2014: (81): Dhaneswar Majhi (BJD)
  • 2009: (81): Bhupinder Singh (Congress)
  • 2004: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (BJD)
  • 2000: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (BJD)
  • 1995: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (100): Balabhadra Majhi (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (100): Kumarmani Sabar (Congress)
  • 1980: (100): Tejraj Majhi (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (100): Tejraj Majhi (Congress)
  • 1974: (100): Anup Singh Deo (Swatantra Party)
  • 1971: (94): Gangadhar Madi (Swatantra Party)
  • 1967: (94): Anchal Majhi (Swatantra Party)
Year Member Party
2019 Bhupinder Singh[8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Bhupinder Singh 53,264 31.12 Decrease6.61
BJP Aniruddha Padhan 44,244 25.85 Increase4.71
INC Chittaranjan Mandal 35,753 20.89 Decrease6.36
Independent Durga Prasad Mohanty 22,020 12.87
Independent Manoj Kumar Pattanayak 5,777 3.38
Independent Kedar Nath Rana 3,698 2.16
API Gabhira Suna 1,682 0.98
BSP Pravakar Nag 1,597 0.93 Decrease0.16
CPI(ML)L Durjyodhan Das 900 0.53 Decrease0.04
BMP Mahendra Dhangada Majhi 968 0.57 Increase0.16
NOTA None of the above 1,236 0.72
Majority 15,768 10.48
Turnout
BJD hold Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhaneswar Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jagannath Pattnayak by a margin of 15,768 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dhaneswar Majhi 56,783 37.73
INC Jagannath Pattnayak 41,015 27.25 -9.07
BJP Artatrana Mohapatra 31,809 21.14 4.91
Independent Arjun Sahoo 2,446 1.63
SKD Hemanta Kumar Das 2,147 1.43
OJM Laxmi Goudia 2,144 1.42
Independent Ashakari Nag 1,681 1.12
BSP Goura Chandra Seth 1,633 1.09
AAP Laxminarayan Panda 1,452 0.96
AOP Manoj Kumar Pattanayak 1,146 0.76
Independent Pravakar Nag 1,039 0.69
KOKD Baidyanath Mishra 949 0.63
Independent Debendra Nayak 858 0.57
CPI(ML)L Udhaba Sahu 854 0.57
Paschimanchal Vikas Party Bhisma Chandra Sahu 849 0.56
Kalinga Sena P. Shankar Reddi 782 0.52
Independent Uchhaba Sahu 648 0.43
BMP Mahendra Dhangada Majhi 623 0.41
SAMO Debaraj Sahu 593 0.39
SP Umesh Chandra Sahu 462 0.31
NOTA None of the above 583 0.39 -
Majority 15,768 10.47
Turnout 1,50,496 76.76 5.65
Registered electors 1,96,059
BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Srikant Hota by a margin of 27,512 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhupinder Singh 49,748 36.32 -0.88
BJP Srikant Hota 22,236 16.23 -
Independent Nilamani Sahu 17,044 12.44 -
NCP Zakir Hussain 16,712 12.20 -
Independent Santosh Kumar Mund 12,199 8.91 -
BSP Kailash Chandra Jain 5,141 3.75 -
SP Ashok Kumar Chand 3,928 2.87 -
SAMO Sapan Kumar Pattnaik 3,812 2.78 -
Independent Jagajiban Barik 2,071 1.51 -
CPI(ML)L Judhisti Sa 1,615 1.18 -
Independent Mohan Jani 1,441 1.05 -
Kalinga Sena Suresh Choudhury 1,038 0.76 -
Majority 27,512 20.08[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,37,021 71.11 2.57 [lower-alpha 3]
INC gain from BJD

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 68.54%

References
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  4. Seats of Odisha
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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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