Champua is a

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. Area of this constituency include

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, 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. In 2014 election

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candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud, defeated

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candidate the oriya comedy king Tatwa Prakash Satpathy (

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) by a margin of appro. 14000 votes, while in previous 2009 election

candidate Jitu Patnaik, defeated then

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candidate Mr. Sanatan Mahakud by a margin of only 145 votes. g

Elected Members

14 elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from Champua Vidhan Sabha constituency are: *2019: (25): Minakshi Mahanta (

) *2014: (25): Sanatan Mahakud (

) *2009: (25): Jitu Patnaik (

) *2004: (142): Dhanurjay Sidu (

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) *2000: (142): Saharai Oram (Independent) *1995: (142): Dhanurjay Laguri (Congress) *1990: (142): Saharai Oram (

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) *1985: (142): Dhanurjay Laguri (Congress) *1980: (142): Saharai Oram (Janata-S) *1977: (142): Saharai Oram (

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) *1974: (142): Gurucharan Nayak (Congress) *1971: (127): Saharai Oram (

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) *1967: (127): Kshetra Mohan Nayak (Swatantra) *1961: (67): Gurucharan Nayak (

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) *1957: (46): Rajaballav Mishra (Ganatantra Parishad) and Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad) *1951: (40): Gurucharan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad)

Elected Members

2019 Election Result

2014 Election Result

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

Notes

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