Pottangi Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Pottangi.

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

Pottangi (ST)
Constituency No. 145 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
LS constituency	Koraput
Established	1957
Total electors	1,72,080[1][lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rama Chandra Kadam
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Map of Pottangi Constituency

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
1977			52.87%
1980			61.86%
1985			43.69%
1990			70.68%
1995			49.10%
2000			64.46%
2004			47.12%
2009			41.60%
2014			47.12%
2019			35.14%
2024			33.70%

Since its formation in 1951, 14 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Pottangi constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
1957	Malu Santha		Indian National Congress
1961	Pangi Musuri Santa
1967-1971 : Constituency did not exist
1974	Dissari Sannu		Utkal Congress
1977	Jayaram Pangi		Janata Party
1980	Chandrama Santha		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Jayaram Pangi		Janata Dal
1995	Rama Chandra Kadam		Indian National Congress
2000	Jayaram Pangi		Biju Janata Dal
2004
2009	Rama Chandra Kadam		Indian National Congress
2014	Prafulla Kumar Pangi		Biju Janata Dal
2019	Pitam Padhi[8]
2024	Rama Chandra Kadam		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[9] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Pangi by a margin of 1,919 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Pottangi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ram Chandra Kadam	52,202	33.70	1.47
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Pangi	50,283	32.46	2.68
	BJP	Nandibali Chaitanya	35,461	22.89	5.09
	NOTA	None of the above	6,420	4.14
Majority			1,919	1.24
Turnout			1,54,922	82.40	6.14
	INC gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pitam Padhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam by a margin of 4,255 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Pottangi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pitam Padhi	51,244	35.14
	INC	Rama Chandra Kadam	46,989	32.23
	BJP	Rama Chandra Pangi	25,956	17.8
	Independent	Nandibali Chaitanya	8,238	5.65
	NOTA	None of the above	5,715	3.92
	BSP	Muralidhara Guntha	4,153	2.85
	Independent	Krushna Chandra Jani	3,517	2.41
Majority			4,255	3.00
Turnout			1,45,812	76.26
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Chandra Pangi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam by a margin of 12,564 votes.

2014 Odisha 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
Majority			12,564	8.75
Turnout			1,22,966	71.00
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Chandra Pangi by a margin of 5,436 votes.

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Pottangi^[11]

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

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. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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