Kuchinda Assembly Constituency
Area of this constituency includes Kuchinda, Kuchinda block, Bamra block and Jamankira block.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Kuchinda constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rabi Narayan Naik | BJP | |
| 2019 | Kishore Chandra Naik | BJD | |
| 2014 | Rabi Narayan Naik | BJP | |
| 2009 | Rajendra Kumar Chhatria | INC | |
| 2004 | Rabi Narayan Naik | BJP | |
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | Panu Chandra Naik | INC | |
| 1990 | Brundaban Majhi | JD | |
| 1985 | Jagateswar Mirdha | INC | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1974 | |||
| 1971 | Congress (R) | ||
| 1967 | Kanhai Singh | SWA | |
Election Results
2024
Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria by a margin of 32,220 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rabi Narayan Naik | 95,716 | 51.83 |  12.14
| |
| BJD | Rajendra Kumar Chhatria | 63,496 | 34.39 | ||
| INC | Kedarnath Bariha | 21,285 | 11.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,782 | 1.51 | ||
| Majority | 32,220 | 17.44 | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,661 | ||||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 3,508 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Kishore Chandra Naik | 72,601 | 41.71 | 12.28
| |
| BJP | Rabi Narayan Naik | 69,093 | 39.69 |  3.75
| |
| INC | Sovaram Padhan | 24,795 | 14.24 | 6.57
| |
| BSP | Ratha Munda | 1930 | 1.11 | 0.44
| |
| AAP | Abhilas Prasant Manki | 950 | 0.55 | 0.28
| |
| HND | Padmini Bhoi | 784 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Sankar Bagh | 1105 | 0.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2805 | 1.61 | 0.22
| |
| Majority | 3508 | 2.02 | |||
| Turnout | 174063 | 80.37 | |||
| BJD gain from BJP | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhubaneswar Kisan by a margin of 22,064 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rabi Narayan Naik | 68,409 | 43.44 | 14.53
| |
| BJD | Bhubaneswar Kisan | 46,345 | 29.43 | 8.08
| |
| INC | Rajendra Kumar Chhatria | 32,770 | 20.81 | 18.2
| |
| BSP | Deepak Pradhan | 2,445 | 1.55 | 0.12
| |
| JMM | Binod Toppo | 1,732 | 1.1 | 1.50
| |
| AOP | Padmalochan Majhi | 1,602 | 1.02 | - | |
| AAP | Linkan Kumar Kindo | 1,306 | 0.83 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,886 | 1.83 | - | |
| Majority | 22,064 | 14.09 | |||
| Turnout | 1,57,495 | 81.53 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,93,175 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 12,712 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajendra Kumar Chhatria | 49,112 | 39.01 | - | |
| BJP | Rabi Narayan Naik | 36,400 | 28.91 | - | |
| BJD | Brundaban Majhi | 26,885 | 21.35 | - | |
| JMM | Istiphan Topno | 3,273 | 2.60 | - | |
| Independent | Sadananda Kujur | 3,070 | 2.44 | - | |
| BSP | Gopinath Naik | 2,098 | 1.67 | - | |
| SAMO | Banthu Kechhua | 1,537 | 1.22 | - | |
| KOKD | Minasi Majhi | 1,382 | 1.10 | - | |
| Independent | Bipra Charan Bagh | 1,269 | 1.01 | - | |
| Independent | Gajendra Bhoi | 870 | 0.69 | - | |
| Majority | 12,712 | 10.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,25,916 | 67.43 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | |||||