Pottangi
Constituency No. 145 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKoraput
LS constituencyKoraput
Established1957
Total electors1,72,080 [1][lower-alpha 1]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Pitam Padhi
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Pottangi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha, India.[2]

This constituency includes Damanjodi, Pottangi block, Nandapur block, Semiliguda block and 3 Gram panchayats (Litiguda, Dumuripadar and Mathalput) of Koraput block.[3][4]

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pitam Padhi won from this constituency.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009
 
 41.60%
2004
 
 47.12%
2000
 
 64.46%
1995
 
 49.10%
1990
 
 70.68%
1985
 
 43.69%
1980
 
 61.86%
1977
 
 52.87%

Twelve elections were held between 1957 and 2014. Elected members from the Pottangi constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2019 Pitam Padhi[8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pottangi [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pitam Padhi 51,244 35.14
INC Rama Chandra Kadam 46989 32.23
BJP Rama Chandra Pangi 25956 17.8
Independent Nandibali Chaitanya 8238 5.65%
NOTA None of the above 5715 3.92%
BSP Muralidhara Guntha 4153 2.85%
Independent Krushna Chandra Jani 3517 2.41%
Majority 4255 3.00
Turnout 145812 76.26%
BJD gain from INC Swing

2014 Election

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pottangi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Prafulla Chandra Pangi 46839 38.1%
INC Rama Chandra Kadam 36075 29.35%
BJP Krushna Chandra Jani 9401 7.65%
Independent Bhagavan Petia 7547 6.14%
BSP Ashok Kumar Ulka 6725 5.47%
SAMO Guneipadia Radha 6092 4.96%
NOTA None of the above 4995 4.06%
OJM Jayaram Bhoi 3447 2.8%
SKD Snehapatra Saanta 1807 1.47%
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Pottangi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rama Chandra Kadam 41,451 41.60
BJD Prafulla Kumar Pangi 36,015 36.14
BJP Dhanpati Eading 9,257 9.29 -
RSP Trilochan Muduli 5,462 5.48 -
SAMO Anantaram Mattam 4,620 4.64 -
CPI(ML)L Jagga Hikaka 2,839 2.85 -
Majority 5,436 5.46[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 99,646 59.96 -
INC gain from BJD Swing -5.14[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

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  1. ↑ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes
  3. ↑ 2004 Voter turnout was 65.10%

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Pottangi (145) District: Koraput
  3. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  5. ↑ "84 - Pottangi (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ↑ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pottangi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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