Chhatrapur is a

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of Ganjam district,

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. This constituency includes

Chhatrapur Chhatrapur (also spelt as Chhatarpur) is a town and a Notified Area Council since 1955 in Ganjam district in the state of Odisha, India. It is the district headquarters town of Ganjam district. Chhatrapur is a Tehsil / Block (CD) in the Ganja ...

, Ganjam, Rambha, Chhatrapur block and Ganjam block.

Elected Members

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Chhatrapur constituency are: *2014: (127): Priyanshu Pradhan ( BJD) *2009: (127): Adikanda Sethi (

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) *2004: (72): Nagireddy Narayan Reddy (CPI) *2000: (72): Rama Chandra Panda ( BJP) *1995: (72):

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(

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) *1990: (72): Parsuram Panda (CPI) *1985: (72): Ashok Kumar Choudhury (Congress) *1980: (72): Biswanath Sahu (CPI) *1977: (72): Biswanath Sahu (CPI) *1974: (72):

( Utkal Congress) *1971: (68): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI) *1967: (68): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI) *1961: (20): Lakshman Mahapatra (CPI) *1957: (15): Yatiraj Proharaj (Congress) *1951: (102): V . Sitaramaya (Independent)

2019 Election Result

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Priyanshu Pradhan defeated Communist Party of India candidate Krushna Chandra Nayak by a margin of 22,019 votes.

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election,

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candidate Adikanda Sethi defeated

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candidate Bhagaban Behera by a margin of 16,557 votes.

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References

{{Odisha elections Assembly constituencies of Odisha Politics of Ganjam district