Mohana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Gajapati district, Odisha, India.[1]
| Mohana (ST) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 136 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Mohana Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Gajapati |
| LS constituency | Berhampur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,43,522 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Elected year | 2024 |
This constituency includes Nuagada Block, Mohana Block, R.Udayagiri Block.[2][3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Mohana constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Biswanath Nayak | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Tareni Sardar | ||
| 1971 | Bhimasena Mandolo | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Uday Narayan Dev | Utkal Congress | |
| 1977 | Lok Dal | ||
| 1980 | Janata Party | ||
| 1985 | Sarat Kumar Jena | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Surjya Narayan Patro | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Chakradhar Paik | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Basanti Mallick | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2019 | Dasarathi Gomango[7][8] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2024 | |||
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanta Mallick by a margin of 4,059 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dasarathi Gamango | 62,117 | 34.64 |  1.64 | |
| BJP | Prasanta Kumar Mallick | 58,058 | 32.38 | 4.38 | |
| BJD | Antarjyami Gamanga | 47,386 | 26.43 |  4.57 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,317 | 2.41 | ||
| Majority | 4,059 | 2.26 | |||
| Turnout | 1,79,307 | 71.2 | 4.46 | ||
| INC hold | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Purnabasi Nayak by a margin of 2354 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dasarathi Gamango | 53,705 | 33 | ||
| BJD | Purnabasi Nayak | 51,351 | 31 | ||
| BJP | Prasanta Kumar Mallik | 46,176 | 28 | ||
| BSP | Sudam Raita | 2,222 | 1 | ||
| ANC | Damodar Raita | 1,291 | 1 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jakub Karjee | 1,465 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Amson Mallick | 3,423 | 2 | ||
| Independent | Bharat Paik | 1,440 | 1 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,898 | 2 | ||
| Majority | 2354 | 2 | |||
| Turnout | 163971 | 75.66 | |||
| INC gain from BJD | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Basanti Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dasarathi Gamango by a margin of 115 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Basanti Mallick | 43,006 | 29.88 | 11.85 | |
| INC | Dasarathi Gamango | 42,891 | 29.8 | 3.83 | |
| BJP | Bharat Paik | 39,625 | 27.53 | 5.29 | |
| Independent | Chakradhara Paik | 5,417 | 3.76 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dondo Pani Raito | 3,182 | 2.21 | ||
| AOP | Pabitra Gamango | 2,265 | 1.57 | ||
| AITC | Haladhar Karjee | 1,524 | 1.06 | ||
| OJM | Raghunath Badamundi | 1,224 | 0.85 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Purna Chandra Bhuyan | 1,205 | 0.84 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,604 | 2.5 | - | |
| Majority | 115 | 0.08 | 0.74 | ||
| Turnout | 1,43,943 | 74.73 | 8.47 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,92,613 | ||||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chakradhar Paik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Antarjami Gamanga by a margin of 35,484 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Chakradhar Paik | 37,697 | 33.63 | - | |
| BJP | Antarjami Gamanga | 36,780 | 32.82 | - | |
| BJD | Johan Dalabehera | 20,206 | 18.03 | - | |
| Independent | Gomango Majhi | 4,508 | 4.02 | - | |
| SAMO | Theophil Gamango | 2,095 | 1.87 | - | |
| Kalinga Sena | Rabin Mandal | 1,705 | 1.52 | - | |
| Majority | 917 | 0.82[a] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,12,087 | 66.26 | - | ||
| INC gain from BJD | Swing | 1.45[b] | |||