Kantabanji Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Kantabanji is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.[1]
| Kantabanji | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 70 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Northern Division |
| District | Balangir |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolangir |
| Established | 1961 |
| Total electors | 3,50,47[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
This constituency includes Kantabanji, Turekela block, Bangomunda block and Muribahal block.[2][3]
MLAs were Prasanna Pal of JD in 1990, independent candidate Chaitanya Pradhan in 1985, Prasanna Kumar Pal representing INC (I) in 1980 and representing INC in 1977. This seat became very trending when Naveen Patnaik got defeated here.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Kantabanji constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[7] | Laxman Bag | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019[8] | Santosh Singh Saluja | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014[6] | Laxman Bag | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009[1] | Santosh Singh Saluja | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004[9] | Haji Md. Ayub Khan | Independent politician | |
| 2000 | Ramesh Chandra Dash | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 1995 | Paramananda Hatti | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1990 | Prasanna Pal | Janata Dal | |
| 1985 | Chaitanya Pradhan | Independent politician | |
| 1980 | Prasanna Pal | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1974 | Ram Prasad Mishra | Swatantra Party | |
| 1971 | Achyutananda Mahananda | ||
| 1967 | Lokanath Rai | ||
| 1961 | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | ||
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Laxman Bag defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik by a margin of 16,344 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Laxman Bag | 90,876 | 44.57 |  11.04 | |
| BJD | Naveen Patnaik | 74,532 | 36.56 | 8.04 | |
| INC | Santosh Singh Saluja | 26,839 | 13.16 |  20.44 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,649 | 0.81 | 0.47 | |
| Majority | 16,344 | 8.01 | |||
| Turnout | 2,03,874 | 73.28 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Laxman Bag by a margin of 128 votes.[8]
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Haji Md. Ayub Khan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja, who was seeking re-election, by a margin of 3,868 votes.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Haji Md. Ayub Khan | 55,252 | 31.65 | 9.05 | |
| INC | Santosh Singh Saluja | 51,384 | 29.43 | 13.81 | |
| BJP | Laxman Bag | 30,961 | 17.73 | 6.58 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,729 | 0.99 | − | |
| Majority | 3,868 | 2.22 | 1.45 | ||
| Turnout | 1,74,582 | 72.34 | 3.43 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,41,337 | ||||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Haji Md. Ayub Khan by a margin of 5,304 votes.[1]