Dabugam Assembly constituency

Dabugam
Dabugam
Constituency No. 76 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Nabarangpur
LS constituency	Nabarangpur
Established	1961
Total electors	176,666
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Manohar Randhari
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Dabugam is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nabarangpur district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Dabugam block, Papadahandi block and 14 Gram panchayats (Atigam, Badagumuda, Balenga, Bankuli, M. Karagam, Butimajhisemla, Ekori, Kodinga, Kosagumuda, Majhidhanua, Motigam, Santoshpur, Taragam and Temara) of Kosagumuda block.^[3]^[4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2024			44.95%
2019			44.43%
2014			41.72%
2009			37.30%
2004			46.91%
2000			52.02%
1995			45.38%
1990			72.29%
1985			52.13%
1980			43.52%
1977			47.75%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Dabugam constituency are:^[6]^[7]

Year	Member
2024	Manohar Randhari	BJD
2019	Manohar Randhari^[8]	BJD
2014	Bhujabal Majhi	INC
2009	Bhujabal Majhi	INC
2004	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	BJD
2000	Bhujabal Majhi	INC
1995	Jadav Majhi	JD
1990	Jadav Majhi	JD
1985	Damburu Majhi	INC
1980	Phulamani Santa	INC
1977	Shyamghan Majhi	JP
1974	Shyamghan Majhi	Utkal Congress
1971	Damburu Majhi	SWA
1967	Damburu Majhi	SWA
1961	Jagannath Tripathy	INC

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lipika Majhi by a margin of 21,455 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Dabugam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manohar Randhari	77,511	44.95	0.52
	INC	Lipika Majhi	56,056	32.51	7.46
	BJP	Somnath Pujari	34,318	19.90	9.96
	NOTA	None of the above	4,543	2.63	0.33
Majority			21,455	12.44	7.98
Turnout			1,72,428
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bhujabal Majhi by a margin of 7363 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dabugam ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Manohar Randhari	73,264	44.43
	INC	Bhujabal Majhi	65901	39.97
	BJP	Padman Nayak	16394	9.94
	BSP	Damusing Majhi	2120	1.29
	Independent	Manohar Randhari	3407	2.07
	NOTA	None of the above	3799	2.3
Majority			7363	4.46
Turnout			164885	83
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhujabal Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Motiram Nayak by a margin of 6,097 votes.

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dabugam^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhujabal Majhi	62,957	41.72	4.42
	BJD	Motiram Nayak	56,860	37.68	6.53
	BJP	Sasi Dhar Majhi	10,853	7.19	−11.61
	Independent	Kusia Majhi	4,335	2.87
	AOP	Laxmi Dhar Naik	3,413	2.26
	OJM	Gangadhar Jani	3,097	2.05
	BSP	Khagapati Nayak	2,554	1.69	−2.91
	SAMO	Bhagaban Nayak	2,147	1.42	−6.73
	NOTA	None of the above	4,696	3.11	−
Majority			6,097	4.04	−2.11
Turnout			1,50,912	85.42	13.11
Registered electors			1,76,666
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhujabal Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Motiram Nayak by a margin of 7,374 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dabugam^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhujabal Majhi	44,723	37.30	−
	BJD	Motiram Nayak	37,349	31.15	−
	BJP	Mohan Majhi	22,543	18.80	−
	SAMO	Mangal Charan Naik	9,773	8.15	−
	BSP	Bhaskar Majhi	5,519	4.60	−
Majority			7,374	6.15^[b]	−
Turnout			1,19,909	72.31	−
	INC gain from BJD		Swing	5.88 ^[c]

Notes

^ as on 1 January 2014
^ %of total valid votes
^ 2004 Voter turnout was 66.43%

References

^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Constituency: Dabugam (76) District: Nabrangpur
^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
^ Seats of Odisha
^ "92 - Dabugam (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "List of members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
^ "Dabugam Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 7374
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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[2] s on 1 January 2014

[14] %of total valid votes

[15] 2004 Voter turnout was 66.43%

[1] "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[3] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Constituency: Dabugam (76) District: Nabrangpur

[4] Assembly Constituencies and their Extent

[5] Seats of Odisha

[6] "92 - Dabugam (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[7] "List of members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[8] "Dabugam Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

[election2019-9] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[FP_Ass_Cand-10] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[election2014-11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[12] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. 7374

[election2009-13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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