Kakatpur is a

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

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Puri district Puri district is a coastal district of the Odisha state of India. It has one sub-division, 11 tahasils and 11 blocks and comprises 1722 revenue villages. Puri is the only municipality of the district. Konark, Pipili and Nimapara are the thre ...

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. This constituency includes

Konark Konark is a medium town in the Puri district in the state of Odisha, India. It lies on the coast by the Bay of Bengal, 65 kilometres from the capital of the state, Bhubaneswar. It is the site of the 13th-century Sun Temple, also known as t ...

, Kakatpur block, Astarang block and 13

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s (Jangalbori, Birtung, Baulanga, Desthali, Dhumala, Sorava, Mahalapada, Achutapur, Banakhandi, Simmili, Sutan, Tarakora and Badagaon) of Gop block.

Elected Members

Fifteen elections were held between 1957 and 2019. Elected member from the Kakatpur constituency are: *2019: (105): Tusharkanti Behera (BJD) *2014: (105): Surendra Sethi ( BJD) *2009: (105): Rabi Mallick (BJD) *2004: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD) *2000: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (BJD) *1995: (54):

Baikunthanath Swain Baikunthanath Swain (13 January 1935 – 2 October 1995) was an Odia politician. He was elected to the 8th and 11th Odisha Legislative Assembly from Kakatpur Assembly constituency in 1980 and 1995. Early life Swain was born to Achutananda Sw ...

(

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) *1990: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

) *1985: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (

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) *1980: (54): Baikunthanath Swain (Congress-I) *1977: (54): Surendra Nath Naik (Janata Party) *1974: (54): Brundaban Patra (Congress) *1971: (50): Surendra Nath Naik (

Utkal Congress Utkal Congress was a political party in the Indian state of Odisha. It was formed in 1969 when Biju Patnaik left Indian National Congress. After the 1971 Odisha elections UC took part in the Bishwanath Das ministry in the state. In 1974 Utkal C ...

) *1967: (50): Gati Krushna Swain (

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) *1961: (94): Upendra Mohanty (Congress) *1957: (66): Bharat Das (CPI)

2019 Election Result

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Surendra Sethi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Rabindra Kumar Sethy by a margin of 41,030 votes.

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Biswa Bhusan Das by a margin of 15,221 votes.

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References

{{Odisha elections Assembly constituencies of Odisha Puri district