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Pottangi (ST)
Constituency No. 145 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
LS constituency	Koraput
Established	1957
Total electors	1,72,080
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rama Chandra Kadam
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Pottangi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha, India.

Map of Pottangi Constituency

This constituency includes Damanjodi, Pottangi block, Nandapur block, Semiliguda block and 3 Gram panchayats (Litiguda, Dumuripadar and Mathalput) of Koraput block.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Since its formation in 1951, 14 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Pottangi constituency are:

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. In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Pangi by a margin of 1,919 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Pottangi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ram Chandra Kadam	52,202	33.70	1.47
	BJD	Prafulla Kumar Pangi	50,283	32.46	2.68
	BJP	Nandibali Chaitanya	35,461	22.89	5.09
	NOTA	None of the above	6,420	4.14
Majority			1,919	1.24
Turnout			1,54,922	82.40	6.14
	INC gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pitam Padhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam by a margin of 4,255 votes.

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Chandra Pangi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam by a margin of 12,564 votes.

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Chandra Pangi by a margin of 5,436 votes.

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.10%

References

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2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Pottangi (145) District: Koraput{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "84 - Pottangi (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
7. "Pottangi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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• Assembly constituencies of Odisha
• Koraput district
• Politics of Odisha
• Constituencies established in 1957
• 1957 establishments in Orissa