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Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Nuapada

Assembly constituency 71 (GENERAL) · Odisha · 15 contests, 1961–2025

State boardOdisha 2025
Held by
BJP
Jay Dholakia · 2025
Contests
15
1961–2025
Parties that won
6
Across all 15 contests
Median margin
21.1pp
Over 14 of 15 contests
Margin 2025
Not recorded
No margin recorded for 2025
Turnout 2025
Not recorded
No turnout recorded for 2025

[01]Winners and margins

Newest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 63.2 pp
  1. 2025
    Margin not recorded
    Jay DholakiaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    12.4 pp
    Rajendra DholakiaBiju Janata Dalby 20,330 votes
  3. 2014
    6.3 pp
    Basanta Kumar PandaBharatiya Janata Partyby 9,610 votes
  4. 2009
    16.6 pp
    Rajendra DholakiaBiju Janata Dalby 22,620 votes
  5. 2004
    18.4 pp
    V. Sugnana Kumari DeoBiju Janata Dalby 20,201 votes
  6. 2000
    33.8 pp
    V.Sugnana Kumari DeoBiju Janata Dalby 33,571 votes
  7. 1995
    23.7 pp
    V. Sugnana Kumari DeoJanata Dalby 26,211 votes
  8. 1990
    20.0 pp
    V. Sugnana Kumari DeoJanata Dalby 17,594 votes
  9. 1985
    9.2 pp
    V. Sugnani Kumari DeoJanata Partyby 6,479 votes
  10. 1980
    20.9 pp
    Trinath SamantaryIndian National Congressby 11,571 votes
  11. 1977
    28.5 pp
    Sugnana Kumari DeoJanata Partyby 12,558 votes
  12. 1974
    21.3 pp
    V. Sugnana Kumari DeoUtkal Congressby 10,773 votes
  13. 1971
    63.2 pp
    Binayak AcharyaIndian National Congressby 24,027 votes
  14. 1967
    25.6 pp
    B.AcharyaIndian National Congressby 9,172 votes
  15. 1961
    28.6 pp
    Kuanr MuralidharIndian National Congressby 4,352 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 24 parties and independents
BJD 4 of 580% won · 1 secondINC 3 of 1323.1% won · 8 secondIndian National CongressJD 2 of 2100% wonJNP 2 of 2100% wonBJP 1 of 425% won · 1 secondUC 1 of 250% won · 1 secondINC 1 of 1100% wonIndian National Congress (I)IND 0 of 120% won

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJD and INC won 4 each of 15 contests on record.

    wins by party: BJD 4 · INC 4 · BJP 2 · JD 2 · JNP 2 · UC 1

  2. The seat changed party 9 times in 14 successive pairs of contests.

    1961 INC → 1967 INC → 1971 INC → 1974 UC → 1977 JNP → 1980 INC → 1985 JNP → 1990 JD → 1995 JD → 2000 BJD → 2004 BJD → 2009 BJD → 2014 BJP → 2019 BJD → 2025 BJP

  3. The closest contest was 2014 at 6.3 pp; the widest 1971 at 63.2 pp.

    min / max of margin % over 14 contests

  4. Turnout moved from 27.7% in 1961 to 71.9% in 2019, +44.2 pp.

    71.9 − 27.7 = +44.2

  5. The name V. Sugnana Kumari Deo appears as winner in 5 contests: 1974, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2004.

    winner names matched across years, ignoring spacing and punctuation

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 59.3%
2025 Not recorded
2019 71.9%
2014 73.9%
2009 69.2%
2004 60.2%
2000 58.4%
1995 69.1%
1990 60.7%
1985 61.0%
1980 53.4%
1977 46.2%
1974 56.1%
1971 46.8%
1967 51.3%
1961 27.7%

[05]Every contest

15 rows · most recent first
Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Nuapada, Odisha
Year Winner Party Margin Margin % Turnout %
2025 Jay Dholakia Bharatiya Janata Party not recorded not recorded not recorded
2019 Rajendra Dholakia Biju Janata Dal 20,330 12.4 71.9
2014 Basanta Kumar Panda Bharatiya Janata Party 9,610 6.3 73.9
2009 Rajendra Dholakia Biju Janata Dal 22,620 16.6 69.2
2004 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Biju Janata Dal 20,201 18.4 60.2
2000 V.Sugnana Kumari Deo Biju Janata Dal 33,571 33.8 58.4
1995 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Janata Dal 26,211 23.7 69.1
1990 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Janata Dal 17,594 20.0 60.7
1985 V. Sugnani Kumari Deo Janata Party 6,479 9.2 61.0
1980 Trinath Samantary Indian National Congress 11,571 20.9 53.4
1977 Sugnana Kumari Deo Janata Party 12,558 28.5 46.2
1974 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Utkal Congress 10,773 21.3 56.1
1971 Binayak Acharya Indian National Congress 24,027 63.2 46.8
1967 B.Acharya Indian National Congress 9,172 25.6 51.3
1961 Kuanr Muralidhar Indian National Congress 4,352 28.6 27.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 33,571 votes“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that contest

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha · Nuapada, Odisha · 15 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built

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