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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Basta
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 37
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Balasore district|Balasore]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Balasore Lok Sabha constituency|Balasore]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Subasini Jena]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,46,159{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Basta''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Balasore district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225160035/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=37|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 February 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Basta (37) District : Balasore|accessdate= 22 February 2014}}</ref>

Area of this constituency includes all 28 GPs of Baliapal block and 17 [[Gram Panchayat|GP]]s (Kainagiri, Naikudi, Mukulishi, Irda, Sahada, Chakuri, Darada, Barungadia, Patrajhada, Brahmanda, Sadanandapur, Kudia, Baharda, Mathani, Dudhahansa, Routpada and Gadapada) of Basta block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

==Elected members==

{{bar box
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|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp13.htm|title= 13 - Basta Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 27 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|43.66}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|41.96}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|47.69}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|50.68}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|55.83}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.36}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|47.34}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|46.23}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|67.84}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|52.77}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|56.66}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1958.

List of members elected from Basta constituency are:<ref>{{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) |accessdate=2014-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Basta Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/basta.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate=20 February 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Basta Assembly Election Results 2024: Basta Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/basta-constituency-result-18037 |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Subasini Jena]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=6|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Basta Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/basta-odisha-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Nityananda Sahoo<ref name=election2019>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=7 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":1" />
| rowspan="5" |Raghunath Mohanty
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |Bhupal Chandra Mohapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Maheswar Baug
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
| rowspan="3" |Chintamani Jena
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Maheswar Baug
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|1958 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Akshaya Narayana Praharaja}}
| rowspan="2" |Akshaya Narayana Praharaja
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Trilochan Senapati
|}

== Election Results==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Subasini Jena]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Bijan Nayak by a margin of 20,377 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Basta}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Biju Janata Dal|candidate=[[Subasini Jena]]|votes=83,314|percentage=43.66|change={{increase}}1.70}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Bijan Nayak|votes=62,937|percentage=32.99|change={{decrease}}2.03}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Rabindra Nath Andia|votes=42,732|percentage=22.40|change={{increase}}0.83}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=403|percentage=0.21|change={{decrease}}0.05}}
{{Election box majority||votes=20,377|percentage=10.67|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,90,803 | percentage=77.51|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Nityananda Sahu defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Bijan Nayak by a margin of 11,864 votes.<ref name=":1" />

{{Election box begin|
| title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Basta<ref name="FP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-IV) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase4/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%284th%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf|website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=22 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Nityananda Sahoo
|votes = 71,737
|percentage = 41.96
|change = {{decrease}}5.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Bijan Nayak
|votes = 59,873
|percentage = 35.02
|change = {{decrease}}8.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Raghunath Mohanty
|votes = 36,874
|percentage = 21.57
|change = {{increase}}14.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 441
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,864
|percentage = 6.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,70,957
|percentage = 75.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Nityananda Sahoo defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Jay Narayan Mohanty by a margin of 6,433 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|accessdate=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=2014-08-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
| title=[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Basta<ref>{{cite web|title=Reports on Election 2014 |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2014/Reports/General%20election%20report%20Final%20-1.9.2014.pdf|publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha|accessdate=22 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Basta (37)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122603/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=37|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 July 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Nityananda Sahoo
|votes = 76,737
|percentage = 47.69
|change = {{decrease}}2.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jay Narayan Mohanty
|votes = 70,304
|percentage = 43.69
|change = {{decrease}}0.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shyama Prasad Behera
|votes = 11,165
|percentage = 6.94
|change = {{increase}}3.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 604
|percentage = 0.38
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,433
|percentage = 39.97
|change = 33.48
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,60,922
|percentage = 80.14
|change = 2.96
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,00,793
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Raghunath Mohanty defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Jay Narayan Mohanty by a margin of 9,530 votes.<ref name=":1" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Basta<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Raghunath Mohanty
|votes = 74,472
|percentage = 50.68
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jaynarayan Mohanty
|votes = 64,942
|percentage = 44.20
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arabinda Behera
|votes = 4,713
|percentage = 3.21
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,530
|percentage = ''6.49''{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,46,933
|percentage = 77.18
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Balasore district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Balasore district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Basta Assembly constituency - Revision history

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