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Banki (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Electorate
  
1,88,489

Created
  
1951

Const. No.
  
88

Lok sabha constituency
  
Cuttack district

Party
  
Biju Janata Dal

Major settlements
  
Banki

MLA
  
Pravata KumarTripathy

Founded
  
1951

Major settlement
  
Banki, Odisha

Blocks
  
Banki, Banki-Dampada, Barang

Banki (Sl. No.: 88) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.

Contents

This constituency includes Banki, Banki block, Banki-Dampada block and eight Gram panchayats (Narajmarthapur, Ramdaspur, Madhupur, Belagachhia, Dadhapatana, Kunheipada, Mundali and Sribantapur) of Barang block.

Elected Members

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009. Elected members from the Banki constituency are:

  • 2009: (88): Pravata KumarTripathy (BJD)
  • 2004: (46): Debasis Pattnaik (Congress)
  • 2000: (46): Pravata KumarTripathy (BJD)
  • 1995: (46): Pravata KumarTripathy (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (46): Ghanashyam Sahoo (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (46): Akshaya Kumar Patnaik (Congress)
  • 1980: (46): Akshaya Kumar Patnaik (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (46): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Congress)
  • 1974: (46): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Independent)
  • 1971: (43): Gokulananda Prahataj (Utkal Congress)
  • 1967: (43): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Independent)
  • 1961: (96): Gokulananda Prahataj (PSP)
  • 1957: (67): Jogesh Chandra Rout (Congress)
  • 1951: (80): Gokulananda Prahataj (Socialist)
  • 2009 Election Results

    In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pravata KumarTripathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debasis Patnaik by a margin of 23,445 votes.

    References

    Banki (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) Wikipedia