Padua Assembly constituency

Padua
Padua
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
Established	1951
Abolished	1964
Total electors	67,470
Reservation	None

CountryIndia

RegionEast India

StateOdisha

DistrictKoraput

Padua, also known as Padwa, was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly of the Koraput district, Odisha state in India. It was established in 1951 and abolished in 1964.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It was replaced and subsumed by the constituencies of Nandapur, Jeypore and Kotpad.^[5]

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1961			43.33%
1957			46.86%
1951			60.46%

Year	Member
1952	Ganeswar Mohapatra	All India Ganatantra Parishad
1957	Laxman Gouda	All India Ganatantra Parishad
1961	Ganeswar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahapatra Ganeswar	3,434	43.33%	12.4
	AIGP	Goudo Laxman	2,819	35.57%	11.2
	Independent	Nayak Sadasibo	1,672	21.10%	New
Total valid votes			7,925
Rejected ballots			544
Turnout			8,469	12.55%	3.65
Registered electors			67,470
Margin of victory			615	7.76%	8.25
	INC gain from AIGP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Laxmana Goudo	4,486	46.86%	13.6
	INC	Mohammad Kanna Saheb	2,953	30.84%	5.32
	CPI	Bhagwan Khemundu Naiko	1,379	14.40%	New
	Independent	Muddi Naik	412	4.30%	New
	PSP	Rajendra Dondasensa	344	3.59%	New
Turnout			9,574	16.20%	11.3
Registered electors			59,088
Margin of victory			1,533	16.01%	8.29
	AIGP hold		Swing	13.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIGP	Ganeswar Mahapatra	9,982	60.46%
	INC	Kailash Ch. Nanda	5,970	36.16%
	Socialist Party (India)	Raghunath Mohanty	559	3.39%
Turnout			16,511	27.57%
Registered electors			59,886
Margin of victory			4,012	24.30%
	AIGP win (new seat)

Padua Assembly constituency

Elected members

Election results

1961

1957

1951

References

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v t e Koraput district
Constituencies	Jeypore Koraput Kotpad Lakshmipur Pottangi
Cities and towns	Damanjodi Jeypore Koraput (district headquarters) Kotpad Sunabeda
Villages	Alamanda Barlamunda Dhutiguda Lakshmipur Padua Sunki

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