Kuchinda Assembly constituency

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

Kuchinda is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district.^[1]

Kuchinda (ST)
Constituency No. 15 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sambalpur
LS constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1967
Total electors	2,16,570
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rabi Narayan Naik
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Kuchinda, Kuchinda block, Bamra block and Jamankira block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			51.83%
2019			41.71%
2014			43.44%
2009			39.01%
2004			49.4%
2000			52.43%
1995			53.47%
1990			62.05%
1985			79.06%
1980			76.18%
1977			52.18%

Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Kuchinda constituency are:^[4][5]

Year	Member[6]	Party
1967	Kanhai Singh		Swatantra Party
1971	Jagateswar Mirdha		Indian National Congress (R)
1974			Indian National Congress
1977
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Brundaban Majhi		Janata Dal
1995	Panu Chandra Naik		Indian National Congress
2000	Rabi Narayan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2009	Rajendra Kumar Chhatria		Indian National Congress
2014	Rabi Narayan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Kishore Chandra Naik		Biju Janata Dal
2024	Rabi Narayan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party

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.^[7] 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.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda

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.^[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda^[9]

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.^[10]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda^[11][12]

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.^[13]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Kuchinda^[14]

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[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			1,25,916	67.43
	INC gain from BJP

Notes

1. % of total valid votes

References

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