Champua Assembly constituency

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

Champua is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district.^[1]

Champua
Constituency No. 25 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Lok Sabha constituency	Keonjhar
Established	1951
Total electors	188,379
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanatan Mahakud
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs (Kodagadia, Jamudalak, Rajia, Kalikaprasad, Rimuli, Badanai, Sarei, Champua, Kutariposi, Sunaposi, Karanjia, Rangamatia, Uchabali, Bhanda, Kashipal, Padua and Chandrasekharpur) of Champua block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			56.45%
2019			53.30%
2014			45.50%
2009			22.10%
2004			39.02%
2000			34.70%
1995			40.72%
1990			73.30%
1985			47.42%
1980			35.68%
1977			58.65%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.

List of members elected from Champua constituency are:^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Sanatan Mahakud		BJD
2019	Minakshi Mahanta[6][7]		BJD
2014	Sanatan Mahakud		Independent
2009	Jitu Patnaik		Independent
2004	Dhanurjay Laguri		INC
2000	Saharai Oram		Independent
1995	Dhanurjay Laguri		INC
1990	Saharai Oram		JD
1985	Dhanurjay Laguri		INC
1980	Saharai Oram		JP(S)
1977	Saharai Oram		JP
1974	Guru Charan Naik		INC
1971	Saharai Oram		Utkal Congress
1967	Kshetra Mohan Nayak		SWA
1961	Guru Charan Naik		SWA
1957[a]	Guru Charan Naik		AIGP
	Raj Ballabh Mishra		AIGP
1951	Guru Charan Naik		AIGP

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Champua

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sanatan Mahakud	103,120	56.45	3.15
	BJP	Murali Manohar Sharma	63,126	34.56	3.04
	INC	Yashwant Laghuri	8,649	4.73	2.23
	BSP	Jayi Munda	1,303	0.71
	NOTA	None of the above	1,343	0.74	0.34
Majority			39,994
Turnout			182,668
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Minakshi Mahanta defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Murali Manohar Sharma by a margin of 26,408 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Minakshi Mahanta	89,525	53.30	46.60
	BJP	Murali Manohar Sharma	63,117	37.60	33.00
	INC	Jadumani Barik	4,217	2.50	1.00
	NOTA	None of the above	750	0.4
Majority			26,408	15.70
Turnout			168851	74.45
	BJD gain from Independent

2014

In 2014 election, Independent candidate Sanatan Mahakud defeated Independent candidate Kusha Apat by a margin of 14678 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sanatan Mahakud	69,635	45.50
	Independent	Kusha Apat	54,957	35.90
	BJD	Papu Pom Pom	10,233	6.70
	BJP	Girish Chandra Mahanta	7,070	4.60
	INC	Kshetra Mohan Mahanta	2,332	1.50
Majority			14,678	9.60
Turnout			156287	78.81
	Independent gain from Independent

2009

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Jitu Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of 145 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Champua^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jitu Patnaik	27,700	22.10	−
	INC	Sanatan Mahakud	27,555	21.98	−
	Independent	Kusha Apat	26,280	20.96	−
	BJP	Murali Manohar Sharma	18,881	15.06	−
	CPI	Bidyadhar Mahanta	9,356	7.46	−
Majority			145	0.12[b]	−
Turnout			1,25,363	66.55	−
	Independent gain from INC

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. %of total valid votes