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Assembly constituency 142 · Odisha · ST

Kotpad is assembly constituency number 142 in Odisha, in Koraput district, and one of the segments of the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Rupu Bhatra of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 42.1% of the vote, 26,264 votes ahead of Chandra Sekhar Majhi (BJD).

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Kotpad · 2024AC 142
  1. 01
    Rupu Bhatra
    BJP
    75,275
    42.13%
  2. 02
    Chandra Sekhar Majhi
    BJD
    49,011
    27.43%
  3. 03
    Anamu Dian
    INC
    44,840
    25.10%
  4. 04
    Basu Nayak
    BSP
    2,223
    1.24%
  5. 05
    Ketan Samarath
    RPI(A)
    2,044
    1.14%
  6. 1 other candidate · 1,949 votesNOTA · 3,314 (1.85%)

Margin 26,264 votes · 14.70% of valid votes

2,09,003
Registered electors
2024 election
85.6%
Turnout
+3.4 pts vs 2019
26,264
Victory margin
14.7% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,78,656 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kotpad 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rupu BhatraMale · 50 yrs · STBJP75,275
42.13%
2Chandra Sekhar MajhiMale · 61 yrs · STBJD49,011
27.43%
3Anamu DianMale · 43 yrs · STINC44,840
25.10%
—NOTANOTA3,314
1.85%
4Basu NayakMale · 57 yrs · STBSP2,223
1.24%
5Ketan SamarathMale · 34 yrs · STRPI(A)2,044
1.14%
6Rama Krushna PujariMale · 46 yrs · STIndependent1,949
1.09%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2009201420192024BJP 42.1%BJD 27.4%INC 25.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Rupu BhatraBJP · 42.1% · margin 26,264Turnout85.6%
2014Chandra Sekhar MajhiINC · 48.1% · margin 31,321Turnout81.8%
2009Basudev MajhiINC · 37.4% · margin 11,234Turnout73.3%
2019Padmini DianBJD · 37.1% · margin 2,631Turnout82.2%

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

Kotpad result 2019

Kotpad 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Padmini DianBJD62,248
37.10%
2Chandra Sekhar MajhiINC59,617
35.53%
3Khageswar PujariBJP35,366
21.08%
4Mangalsai MajhiBSP3,766
2.24%
—NOTANOTA3,564
2.12%
5Neelakantha PujariIndependent3,225
1.92%

Kotpad result 2014

Kotpad 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chandra Sekhar MajhiINC71,018
48.08%
2Ashok Kumar PangiBJD39,697
26.88%
3Padmanav MajhiBJP20,699
14.01%
—NOTANOTA4,863
3.29%
4Surjyamani NayakCPI3,214
2.18%
5Golok Bihari MajhiOJM2,777
1.88%
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6Trilochan DisariRSP2,727
1.85%
7Basu NayakBSP2,703
1.83%

Kotpad result 2009

Kotpad 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Basudev MajhiINC45,603
37.40%
2Gopi Nath NayakBJD34,369
28.19%
3Padmanav MajhiBJP20,442
16.77%
4Sadan NaikIndependent9,775
8.02%
5Kamalu BhatraKS3,276
2.69%
6Balaram NayakBSP3,233
2.65%
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7Bidyabati ChallanSAMO2,891
2.37%
8Trilochan DisariRSP2,338
1.92%
Map

Kotpad 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 Koraput district

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

BJPBJDINCCPI(M)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Balabhadra MajhiBJP77,273 44.8%
  • Pradeep Kumar MajhiBJD48,165 27.9%
  • Bhujabal MajhiINC44,101 25.6%
  • Trinath MundagudiaSUCI3,037 1.8%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 29,108 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kotpad assembly seat in 2024?

Rupu Bhatra of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kotpad in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 75,275 votes, which was 42.13% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kotpad?

The margin was 26,264 votes (14.70% of valid votes). The runner-up was Chandra Sekhar Majhi of the Biju Janata Dal with 49,011 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kotpad in 2024?

Turnout was 85.59%: 1,78,881 of 2,09,003 registered electors voted, across 244 polling stations. That is 3.4 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kotpad part of?

Kotpad is an assembly segment of the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Balabhadra Majhi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kotpad a reserved constituency?

Yes. Kotpad is reserved for scheduled tribes (st), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Kotpad?

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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