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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, in India}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Bamra<br />
|state = [[Odisha]]<br />
|district = [[Sambalpur district|Sambalpur]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency|Sundargarh]]<br />
|constituency_no = <br />
|established = 1951<br />
|electors = 1,02,420<br />
|abolished = 1957<br />
|type= SLA<br />
}}<br />
'''Bamra''', also referred to as '''Bamanda''' was a constituency of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]], of the [[Sambalpur district]], [[Odisha]] state in India. It was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1957.<ref name=dpaco1951ac>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3968-dpaco-1951/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order (1951)|page=8 (214)}}</ref><ref name=dpaco1953-55>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3962-final-order-dc-1953-1955/ |title=S.R.O. 2827. Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India |date=30 August 1954|place=New Delhi |page=359 (369)}}</ref> It was replaced by the constituencies of [[Deogarh Assembly constituency|Deogarh]] and [[Jharsuguda Assembly constituency|Jarsuguda]].<br />
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The Bamra constituency comprised the Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions of Sambalpur district.<ref name=dpaco1951ac/> Though Bamra was a part of Sambalpur district, this area (Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions) used to come under the Sundargarh parliamentary constituency.<ref name=dpaco1951pc>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3968-dpaco-1951/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order (1951)|page=2 (208)}}</ref><br />
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==Elected members==<br />
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{{bar percent 2|1951|(1)|{{party color|All India Ganatantra Parishad}}|30.59|(2)|{{party color|All India Ganatantra Parishad}}|26.23}}<br />
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One election was held between 1951 and 1952. The constituency had 2 seats; following were members elected from it:<ref name=prevMLAs>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2013 }}</ref><br />
*1951: (35): Haraprasad Deba, Jayadeba Thakur ([[All India Ganatantra Parishad|Gana Parishad]])<br />
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==Election results==<br />
===1951===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]] :Bamra<ref name="OdishaECI1951">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3617-orissa-1951/ | title=Orissa 1951 | publisher=Election Commission of India | date=August 16, 2018}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|<br />
|party = All India Ganatantra Parishad<br />
|candidate = Hara Prasad Deb<br />
|votes = 21,631<br />
|percentage = 30.59%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|<br />
|party = All India Ganatantra Parishad<br />
|candidate = Joydeb Thakur<br />
|votes = 18,547<br />
|percentage = 26.23%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Gadadhar Pradhan<br />
|votes = 12,198<br />
|percentage = 17.25%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Baneswar Majhi<br />
|votes = 8,818<br />
|percentage = 12.47%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|<br />
|party = Independent politician<br />
|candidate = Ratnakar Patel<br />
|votes = 5,584<br />
|percentage = 7.90%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|<br />
|party = Independent politician<br />
|candidate = Dinabandhu Patra<br />
|votes = 3,925<br />
|percentage = 5.55%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout no change<br />
|votes = 70,703<br />
|percentage = 34.52%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors no change|<br />
|reg. electors = 1,02,420<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box new seat win<br />
|winner = All India Ganatantra Parishad<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Sambalpur district}}<br />
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}<br />
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[[Category:Sambalpur district]]<br />
[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 disestablishments in India]]</div>EkaSaffronGaruda