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Assembly constituency 70 · Odisha

Kantabanji is assembly constituency number 70 in Odisha, in Balangir district, and one of the segments of the Bolangir Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Laxman Bag of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 44.6% of the vote, 16,344 votes ahead of Naveen Patnaik (BJD).

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Kantabanji · 2024AC 70
  1. 01
    Laxman Bag
    BJP
    90,876
    44.57%
  2. 02
    Naveen Patnaik
    BJD
    74,532
    36.56%
  3. 03
    Santosh Singh Saluja
    INC
    26,839
    13.16%
  4. 04
    Dhaneswar Majhi
    Independent
    1,903
    0.93%
  5. 05
    Pandab Bhoi
    CPI
    1,454
    0.71%
  6. 6 other candidates · 6,621 votesNOTA · 1,649 (0.81%)

Margin 16,344 votes · 8.02% of valid votes

2,78,205
Registered electors
2024 election
73.6%
Turnout
+5.3 pts vs 2019
16,344
Victory margin
8.0% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,03,874 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kantabanji 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Laxman BagMale · 48 yrsBJP90,876
44.57%
2Naveen PatnaikMale · 77 yrsBJD74,532
36.56%
3Santosh Singh SalujaMale · 64 yrsINC26,839
13.16%
4Dhaneswar MajhiMale · 43 yrs · STIndependent1,903
0.93%
—NOTANOTA1,649
0.81%
5Pandab BhoiMale · 33 yrs · STCPI1,454
0.71%
6Sudam KaletMale · 34 yrs · SCAPoI1,239
0.61%
7Abhiram DharuaMale · 44 yrs · STAIFB1,217
0.60%
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8Suratha BeheraMale · 57 yrsIndependent1,204
0.59%
9Kamal Kumar ChhatriaMale · 41 yrs · SCIndependent1,127
0.55%
10Sohan SipkaMale · 37 yrs · SCIndependent1,092
0.54%
11Devendra Kumar JainMale · 42 yrsKOMM742
0.36%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2019, BJP in 2024.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2009201420192024BJP 44.6%BJD 36.6%INC 13.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Laxman BagBJP · 44.6% · margin 16,344Turnout73.6%
2014Ayub KhanBJD · 31.6% · margin 3,868Turnout72.3%
2009Santosh Singh SalujaINC · 43.2% · margin 5,304Turnout68.9%
2019Santosh Singh SalujaINC · 33.6% · margin 128Turnout68.4%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kantabanji result 2019

Kantabanji 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Santosh Singh SalujaINC64,246
33.60%
2Laxman BagBJP64,118
33.53%
3Ajaya Kumar DasBJD54,527
28.51%
—NOTANOTA2,453
1.28%
4Maya BagIndependent2,273
1.19%
5Suratha BeheraIndependent2,028
1.06%
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6Champa NagBSP1,589
0.83%

Kantabanji result 2014

Kantabanji 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ayub KhanBJD55,252
31.65%
2Santosh Singh SalujaINC51,384
29.43%
3Lachhaman BagBJP30,961
17.73%
4Ajay Kumar DasAAP20,333
11.65%
5Bhola PanikaIndependent3,253
1.86%
6Premananda PutelCPI2,676
1.53%
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7Sushil KumbharBSP1,784
1.02%
—NOTANOTA1,729
0.99%
8Santosh DeepIndependent1,269
0.73%
9Satyendra SunaAOP1,206
0.69%
10Jagadish Singh BhoiBMUP967
0.55%
11Bishnu Prasad JuedIndependent727
0.42%
12Tankadhara SaaICPA698
0.40%
13Alexander SenapatiIndependent694
0.40%
14Srikanta MahanandaIndependent580
0.33%
15Nishikanta RanaIndependent536
0.31%
16Nandalal TandiIndependent533
0.31%

Kantabanji result 2009

Kantabanji 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Santosh Singh SalujaINC62,495
43.24%
2Haji Mahammad Ayub KhanBJD57,191
39.57%
3Ajay Kumar DasBJP16,117
11.15%
4Suratha BeheraIndependent2,075
1.44%
5Nanda Kumar MahanandaBSP1,848
1.28%
6Ashok Kumar Singh DeoSAMO1,719
1.19%
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7Jogendra BachhaKOKD1,087
0.75%
8Gupteswar BeniaIndependent1,052
0.73%
9Gopal BhoiIndependent962
0.67%
Map

Kantabanji outlined in orange among the other Odisha seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Balangir district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kantabanji is one of the assembly segments of Bolangir. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bolangir candidates.

  • Sangeeta Kumari Singh DeoBJP94,590 47.3%
  • Surendra Singh BhoiBJD67,476 33.8%
  • Manoj Kumar MishraINC29,684 14.8%
  • Sunil Kumar BhoiSUCI1,616 0.8%
  • Jagadish Chandra BibharBSP1,410 0.7%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 27,114 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kantabanji.

Who won the Kantabanji assembly seat in 2024?

Laxman Bag of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kantabanji in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 90,876 votes, which was 44.57% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kantabanji?

The margin was 16,344 votes (8.02% of valid votes). The runner-up was Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal with 74,532 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kantabanji in 2024?

Turnout was 73.62%: 2,04,801 of 2,78,205 registered electors voted, across 336 polling stations. That is 5.3 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kantabanji part of?

Kantabanji is an assembly segment of the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kantabanji a reserved constituency?

No. Kantabanji is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Kantabanji?

The Odisha assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Odisha assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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