Champua Assembly constituency

Champua is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendujhar district. Area of this constituency includes Joda, Barbil, Joda block and 17 GPs (Kodagadia, Jamudalak, Rajia, Kalikaprasad, Rimuli, Badanai, Sarei, Champua, Kutariposi, Sunaposi, Karanjia, Rangamatia, Uchabali, Bhanda, Kashipal, Padua and Chandrasekharpur) of Champua block.

Champua
Constituency No. 25 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKendujhar
LS constituencyKeonjhar
Established1951
Total electors188,379
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Minakshi Mahanta
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

In 2014 election Independent candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate the Oriya comedy king Tatwa Prakash Satpathy (Papu Pom Pom) by a margin of approx. 14000 votes, while in previous 2009 election Independent candidate Jitu Patnaik, defeated then Indian National Congress candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of only 145 votes.

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