Basta (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basta (Akash Pradhan)
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District Balasore
Blocks Basta, Baliapal
Electorate 1,90,381
Current constituency
Created 1951
Party Biju Janata Dal
MLA Raghunath Mohanty
Const. No. 37
Reserved for None
Lok Sabha Constituencies Balasore

Basta (Sl. No.: 37) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.[1]

Area of this constituency include Baliapal block and 11 GPs (Mukulishi, Brahmanda, Sadanandapur, Baharda, Rautpada, Mathani, Sahada, Naikudi, Gadapada, Darada and Irda) of Basta block. [2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghunath Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jaynarayan Mohanty by a margin of 9,530 votes.[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
47.69%
2009
 
50.68%
2004
 
55.83%
2000
 
53.36%
1995
 
47.34%
1990
 
46.23%
1985
 
67.84%
1980
 
52.77%
1977
 
56.66%

Sixteen(16) elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Basta constituency are: [6][7]

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nityananda Sahoo defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jay Narayan Mohanty by a margin of 6,433 votes.[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Nityananda Sahoo 76,737 47.69 -2.99
INC Jay Narayan Mohanty 70,304 43.69 -0.51
BJP Shyama Prasad Behera 11,165 6.94 3.73
Trinamool Congress Madan Mohan Jena 690 0.43
BSP Pramod Kumar Pattayat 590 0.37 0.03
AAP Saroj Kumar Roul 447 0.28
SP Ramakanta Panda 199 0.18
Independent Gourab Kumar Andia 186 0.12
NOTA None 604 0.38 -
Majority 6,433 39.97 33.48
Turnout 1,60,922 80.14 2.96
Registered electors 2,00,793
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Basta [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Raghunath Mohanty 74,472 50.68 -
INC Jaynarayan Mohanty 64,942 44.20 -
BJP Arabinda Behera 4,713 3.21 -
Independent Judhisthira Jena 987 0.67 -
JMM Kamal Lochan Barik 797 0.54 -
Jan Hitkari Party Ramesh Swain 523 0.36 -
BSP Sadasiv Sethi 498 0.34 -
Majority 9,530 6.49[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,46,933 77.18 -

Notes

  1. %of total valid votes

References

  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014. Constituency: Basta (37) District : Balasore
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 9530
  5. "13 - Basta Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  7. "Basta Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. "Odisha - Basta". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Basta (37)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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