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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Khunta<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| district = [[Mayurbhanj district|Mayurbhanj]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency|Mayurbhanj]]<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| reservation = ST<br />
| abolished = 2008<br />
| electors = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Khunta''' was a Assembly constituency from [[Mayurbhanj district]] of [[Odisha]].<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=3 (209)}}</ref> It was established in 1951 and abolished in 1956.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Election Commission of India |url=http://archive.org/details/dpaco-1956 |title=1956 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order of India |date=1957}}</ref> It was revived in 1961<ref>{{Cite book |last=Election Commission of India |url=http://archive.org/details/dpaco-1961 |title=1961 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order of India |date=1961-12-07}}</ref> and abolished in 2008. After 2008 delimitation, It was subsumed by the [[Baripada Assembly constituency]].<ref name="dpaco2008">{{cite web |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |page=321}}</ref> This constituency was reserved for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Tribes]].<br />
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The extent of Khunta constituency comprised Khunta police station of Kaptipada sub-division, and Similipal and Kuliana police stations of Sadar sub-division.<ref name=dpaco1951ac/><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
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|title= Vote share of Winning candidate<br />
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{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|41.37}}<br />
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|39.61}}<br />
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|32.29}}<br />
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|49.13}}<br />
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|47.65}}<br />
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|59.00}}<br />
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|44.93}}<br />
{{bar percent|1974|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|53.86}}<br />
{{bar percent|1971|{{party color|Utkal Congress}}|26.43}}<br />
{{bar percent|1967|{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}|27.71}}<br />
{{bar percent|1961|{{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}|40.87}}<br />
{{bar percent|1951|{{party color|Socialist Party (India)}}|53.47}}<br />
}}<br />
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Between 1951 & 2008, 12 elections were held.<ref name="prevMLAs">{{cite web |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |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 />
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List of members elected from Khunta constituency are:<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
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| [[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br />
| Shakilla Sharen<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="4" | 1957-1961: Constituency didn't exist<br />
|-<br />
| [[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]<br />
| Prasanna Kumar Dash<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| Harachand Hansda<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br />
| Bira Bhadra Singh<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]<br />
| rowspan="3" | Ramesh Soren<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
| Biram Murmu<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| Birabhadra Singh<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
| Saraswati Hembram<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Golak Bihari Naik]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|}<br />
==Election results==<br />
===1951===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]]: Khunta<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 = Socialist Party (India)<br />
|candidate = Shakilla Sharen<br />
|votes = 7,985<br />
|percentage = 53.47%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Dhyan Chandra Tudu<br />
|votes = 6,949<br />
|percentage = 46.53%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout no change<br />
|votes = 14,934<br />
|percentage = 30.71%<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors no change|<br />
|reg. electors = 48,625<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
|votes = 1,036<br />
|percentage = 6.94%<br />
|change = {{nochange}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box new seat win<br />
|winner = Socialist Party (India)<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Mayurbhanj district}}<br />
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}<br />
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[[Category:Mayurbhanj 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]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1961]]<br />
[[Category:1961 establishments in Orissa]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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