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Mahanga is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Mahanga block and 26 Gram panchayats (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.

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1955.

List of members elected from Mahanga constituency are:

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Padhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ankit Pratap Jena by a margin of 7,423 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sarada Prasad Padhan	88,632	42.86	42.86
	BJD	Ankit Pratap Jena	81,209	39.27	14.00
	BJP	Sumant Kumar Ghadei	19,481	9.42	28.99
	INC	Debendra Kumar Sahoo	14,796	7.15	0.35
	AAP	Sarada Prasad Das	543	0.26	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	525	0.25	0.03
	Independent	Jayanta Kumar Das	467	0.23	N/A
	BSP	Golam Jilani Khan	442	0.21	N/A
	Independent	Sriram Pandey	225	0.11	N/A
	SP	Saralaputra Shreeram Binod Sarangi	132	0.06	N/A
	SAMO	Pradipta Mohanty	59	0.03	N/A
Majority			7,423	3.59	11.31
Turnout			2,06,802
	Independent gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sarada Prasad Pradhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	106,054	53.27	3.94
	BJP	Sarada Prasad Padhan	76469	38.41	4.43
	INC	Debendra Kumar Sahoo	14922	7.5	26.01
	NOTA	None of the above	564	0.28
Majority			29,585	14.9
Turnout			199062	76.64
Registered electors			2,61,545
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Independent candidate Sarada Prasad Pradhan by a margin of 27,874 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Mahanga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pratap Jena	89,531	49.34	7.48
	Independent	Sarada Prasad Padhan	61,657	33.98
	INC	Shaik Matlub Ali	22,297	12.29	26.01
	BJP	Samir Kumar Samal	3,572	1.97	1.87
	CPI	Rakhi Agarwal	855	0.47
	Independent	Mihir Ranjan Jena	810	0.45	−
	AAP	Bhaskar Chandra Swain	630	0.35	−
	BSP	Laxmidhar Jena	443	0.24	−
	OJM	Amar Nayak	343	0.19	−
	SKD	Laxmipriya Sahoo	244	0.13	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,074	0.59	−
Majority			27,874	15.45	−
Turnout			1,81,462	76.64
Registered electors			2,36,778
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pratap Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Shaik Matlub Ali by a margin of 29,220 votes.

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Resignation of Mahammad Attahar
3.  % of total valid votes
4. % of total valid votes
5. % of total valid votes
6. % of total valid votes
7. 2004 Voter turnout was 75.75%

References

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• Assembly constituencies of Odisha
• Politics of Cuttack district
• Constituencies established in 1951
• 1951 establishments in Orissa