Kakatpur (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
This constituency includes Konark, Kakatpur block, Astarang block and 13 Gram panchayats (Jangalbori, Birtung, Baulanga, Desthali, Dhumala, Sorava, Mahalapada, Achutapur, Banakhandi, Simmili, Sutan, Tarakora and Badagaon) of Gop block.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1995. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.
List of members elected Kakatpur constituency are:
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Tusharkanti Behera | BJD | |
2019 | Tusharkanti Behera | BJD | |
2014 | Surendra Sethi | BJD | |
2009 | Rabi Mallick | BJD | |
2004 | Surendra Nath Naik | BJD | |
2000 | Surendra Nath Naik | BJD | |
1995 (bypoll) | Surendra Nath Naik | JD | |
1995 | Baikunthanath Swain | INC | |
1990 | Surendra Nath Naik | JD | |
1985 | Surendra Nath Naik | JP | |
1980 | Baikunthanath Swain | INC | |
1977 | Surendra Nath Naik | JP | |
1974 | Brundaban Patra | INC | |
1971 | Surendra Nath Naik | Utkal Congress | |
1967 | Gatikrushna Swain | CPI | |
1961 | Upendra Mohanty | Jana Congress | |
1957 | Bharat Das | CPI | |
Mohan Das | CPI | ||
1951 | Gobinda Chandra Sethi | INC | |
Upendra Mohanty | INC |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Tusharkanti Behera | 84,010 | 47.05 | 6.63 | |
BJP | Baidhar Mallick | 60,859 | 34.08 | 16.10 | |
INC | Bishwa Bhushan Das | 31,325 | 17.54 | 9.45 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 382 | 0.21 | 0.22 | |
Majority | 23,151 | ||||
Turnout | 178,561 | ||||
BJD hold | Swing |
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Tusharkanti Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 45,691 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Tusharkanti Behera | 91,897 | 53.68 | -3.74 | |
INC | Biswa Bhusan Das | 46,206 | 26.99 | -4.24 | |
BJP | Rabi Mallick | 30,771 | 17.98 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 736 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 45,691 | 26.69 | |||
Turnout | 1,70,889 | 70.6 | |||
BJD hold |
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rabindra Kumar Sethy by a margin of 41,030 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Surendra Sethi | 89,963 | 57.42 | 4.85 | |
INC | Rabindra Kumar Sethy | 48,933 | 31.23 | 3.67 | |
BJP | Tusharkanti Behera | 12,093 | 7.72 | 4.69 | |
CPI | Kamal Kumar Behera | 3,609 | 2.3 | - | |
CPI(ML)L | Sanjay Kumar Kandi | 722 | 0.46 | - | |
OJM | Madhab Mallik | 513 | 0.33 | - | |
NOTA | None of the above | 838 | 0.53 | - | |
Majority | 41,030 | 26.19 | - | ||
Turnout | 1,56,671 | 71.05 | 5.41 | ||
Registered electors | 2,20,522 | ||||
BJD hold |
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 15,221 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Rabi Mallick | 74,114 | 52.57 | 6.26 | |
INC | Biswa Bhusan Das | 58,893 | 27.56 | - | |
BJP | Iswar Chandra Behera | 4,273 | 3.03 | - | |
Independent | Narendra Kumar Behera | 1,411 | 1.00 | - | |
BSP | Prasant Kumar Rout | 727 | 0.52 | - | |
Independent | Dwarika Nath Dash | 625 | 0.44 | - | |
Independent | Bhagaban Sethy | 489 | 0.35 | - | |
Independent | Laxmidhar Kandi | 459 | 0.33 | - | |
Majority | 15,221 | 10.80 | - | ||
Turnout | 1,41,062 | 65.64 | -5.74 | ||
BJD hold |