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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous village|Mahanga}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Mahanga
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 95
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Cuttack district|Cuttack]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency|Kendrapara]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| mla = [[Sarada Prasad Padhan]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,71,535{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Mahanga''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Odisha|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] located in the [[Cuttack district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421071637/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=95|url-status=usurped|archive-date=21 April 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Mahanga (95) District: Cuttack|accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref> It falls under the [[Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency]].

Established in 1951, this constituency includes [[Mahanga]] block and 26 [[Gram panchayat]]s (Fagola, Ramakrushnpur, Jignipur, Nischintakoili, Narendrapur, Nagaspur, Daudpur, Sukarpada, Asureswar, Taratasasan, Palisahi, Jamara, Orti, Kentalo, Baliapada, Kerilo, Buhalo, Kendupatana, Jhadeswarpur, Bandhakatia, Natakai, Kolanpur, Katikata, Katarpara, Jairampur, Barado and Sarapada) Nischintakoili [[Block (district subdivision)|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
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp40.htm|title= 40 - Mahanga Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 20 March 2014}}</ref>
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|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Independent}}|42.86}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.13}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|49.34}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|56.82}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.42}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|50.52}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|51.69}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|57.84}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|52.66}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|49.05}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|63.83}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.<ref name="byElections1952-95">{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls |title=Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>

List of members elected from Mahanga 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 name=Candidate>{{cite web|title= Mahanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/mahanga.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 20 March 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mahanga Assembly Election Results 2024: Mahanga Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/mahanga-constituency-result-18095 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Sarada Prasad Padhan]]
|{{full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Mahanga Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/mahanga-odisha-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[Pratap Jena]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=5|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name="Candidate" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|[[Bikram Keshari Barma]]
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|[[Sarat Kumar Kar]]
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Sk. Matlub Ali
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|[[Sarat Kumar Kar]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |Sk. Matlub Ali
|{{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]]
|Pradipta Kishore Das
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Sk. Matlub Ali
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|[[Sarat Kumar Kar]]
|{{full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Biraja Prasad Ray
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Surendranath Patnaik
|{{full party name with color|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|-
| colspan="4" |{{center|''1957-1960 : Constituency didn't exist''}}
|-
|1955 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Mahammad Attahar}}
|Pradipta Kishore Das
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Mahammad Attahar
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

== 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, [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate [[Sarada Prasad Padhan]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Ankit Pratap Jena by a margin of 7,423 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Mahanga}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = [[Sarada Prasad Padhan]]
|votes = 88,632
|percentage = 42.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Biju Janata Dal|candidate=Ankit Pratap Jena|votes=81,209|percentage=39.27|change={{down}}14.00}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sumant Kumar Ghadei|votes=19,481|percentage=9.42|change={{down}}28.99}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Debendra Kumar Sahoo|votes=14,796|percentage=7.15|change={{down}}0.35}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=525|percentage=0.25|change={{down}}0.03}}
{{Election box majority||votes=7,423|percentage=3.59{{efn| % of total valid votes}}|change={{decrease}}11.31}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,06,802|percentage=76.16|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Independent
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pratap Jena]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Sarada Prasad Padhan|Sarada Prasad Pradhan]] by a margin of 27,874 votes.<ref name=":1" />

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Mahanga<ref name="Mohanty 2019">{{cite web | last=Mohanty | first=Debabrata | title=Mahanga election result: Naveen Patnaik's longtime bête noire to lose crucial Odisha assembly poll - india news | website=Hindustan Times | date=2019-07-24 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mahanga-election-result-naveen-patnaik-s-longtime-bete-noire-to-lose-crucial-odisha-assembly-poll/story-pYXSVgMy8ufrBixdxkHoIL.html | access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref name="Final Result Sheet Mahanga AC">{{cite web | title=FINAL RESULT SHEET, ADJOURNED ELECTION TO 95-MAHANGA AC | website=Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha | url=https://ceoodisha.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Vidhansabha2019_FORM20/Ac095.pdf | access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pratap Jena]]
|votes = 1,06,054
|percentage = 53.27
|change = {{increase}}3.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sarada Prasad Padhan]]
|votes = 76,469
|percentage = 38.41
|change = {{increase}}4.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Debendra Kumar Sahoo
|votes = 14,922
|percentage = 7.5
|change = {{decrease}}26.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 564
|percentage = 0.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29,585
|percentage = 14.9{{efn|% of total valid votes}}
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,99,062
|percentage = 76.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
| reg. electors = 2,61,545
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
| winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pratap Jena]] defeated [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate [[Sarada Prasad Padhan]] by a margin of 27,874 votes.<ref name=Candidate />

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Mahanga<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 December 2015 |archive-date=3 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403033910/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pratap Jena]]
|votes = 89,531
|percentage = 49.34
|change = {{decrease}}7.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Sarada Prasad Padhan]]
|votes = 61,657
|percentage = 33.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sk. Matlub Ali
|votes = 22,297
|percentage = 12.29
|change = {{decrease}}26.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Samir Kumar Samal
|votes = 3,572
|percentage = 1.97
|change = {{decrease}}1.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,074
|percentage = 0.59
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,874
|percentage = 15.45{{efn|% of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,81,462
|percentage = 76.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,36,778
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
| winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pratap Jena]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Sk. Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=29220 |accessdate=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Mahanga<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 = [[Pratap Jena]]
|votes = 89,628
|percentage = 56.82
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sk. Matlub Ali
|votes = 60,408
|percentage = 38.30
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Choudhury Pravatkeshari Mishra
|votes = 6,050
|percentage = 3.84
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,57,747
|percentage = 70.87
|change = {{down}}4.88
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,22,602
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
| winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Cuttack district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Politics of Cuttack district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Mahanga Assembly constituency - Revision history

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