Mahanga is assembly constituency number 95 in Odisha, in Cuttack district, and one of the segments of the Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Sarada Prasad Padhan of the Independent won with 42.9% of the vote, 7,423 votes ahead of Ankit Pratap Jena (BJD).
- 01Sarada Prasad PadhanIndependent88,63242.86%
- 02Ankit Pratap JenaBJD81,20939.27%
- 03Sumanta Kumar GhadeiBJP19,4819.42%
- 04Debendra Kumar SahooINC14,7967.15%
- 05Sarada Prasad DasAAP5430.26%
- 8 other candidates · 1,616 votesNOTA · 525 (0.25%)
Margin 7,423 votes · 3.59% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,06,802 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarada Prasad PadhanMale · 45 yrs | Independent | 88,632 | 42.86% |
| 2 | Ankit Pratap JenaMale · 28 yrs | BJD | 81,209 | 39.27% |
| 3 | Sumanta Kumar GhadeiMale · 38 yrs | BJP | 19,481 | 9.42% |
| 4 | Debendra Kumar SahooMale · 68 yrs | INC | 14,796 | 7.15% |
| 5 | Sarada Prasad DasMale · 42 yrs | AAP | 543 | 0.26% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 525 | 0.25% |
| 6 | Jayanta Kumar DasMale · 65 yrs | Independent | 467 | 0.23% |
| 7 | Golam Jilani KhanMale · 64 yrs | BSP | 442 | 0.21% |
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| 8 | Sriram PandeyMale · 63 yrs | Independent | 225 | 0.11% |
| 9 | Saralaputra Shreeram Binod SarangiMale · 45 yrs | SP | 132 | 0.06% |
| 10 | Dr. Durga Charan NayakMale · 64 yrs | ICPa | 107 | 0.05% |
| 11 | Chittaranjan SahooMale · 58 yrs | ODSHJP | 96 | 0.05% |
| 12 | Chittaranjan RoutMale · 56 yrs | US | 88 | 0.04% |
| 13 | Pradipta MohantyMale · 53 yrs | SAMO | 59 | 0.03% |
The seat changed hands: BJD won in 2019, IND in 2024.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Mahanga result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratap Jena | BJD | 1,06,054 | 53.13% |
| 2 | Sarada Prasad Padhan | BJP | 76,469 | 38.31% |
| 3 | Debendra Kumar Sahoo | INC | 14,922 | 7.47% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 564 | 0.28% |
| 4 | Bijaya Kumar Samal | BSP | 528 | 0.26% |
| 5 | Anil Kumar Samal | HND | 270 | 0.14% |
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| 6 | Debadutta Satapathy | Independent | 239 | 0.12% |
| 7 | Israil Khan | Independent | 172 | 0.09% |
| 8 | N. Sambit Das | SP | 150 | 0.08% |
| 9 | Byomakesha Parida | BMUP | 148 | 0.07% |
| 10 | Chittaranjan Sahoo | KS | 110 | 0.06% |
Mahanga result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratap Jena | BJD | 89,531 | 49.34% |
| 2 | Sarada Prasad Padhan | Independent | 61,657 | 33.98% |
| 3 | Sk. Matlub Ali | INC | 22,297 | 12.29% |
| 4 | Samir Kumar Samal | BJP | 3,572 | 1.97% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,074 | 0.59% |
| 5 | Rakhi Agarwal | CPI | 855 | 0.47% |
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| 6 | Mihir Ranjan Jena | Independent | 810 | 0.45% |
| 7 | Bhaskar Chandra Swain | AAP | 636 | 0.35% |
| 8 | Laxmidhar Jena | BSP | 443 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Amar Nayak | OJM | 343 | 0.19% |
| 10 | Laxmipriya Sahoo | SKD | 244 | 0.13% |
Mahanga result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratap Jena | BJD | 89,628 | 56.82% |
| 2 | Sk. Matlub Ali | INC | 60,408 | 38.30% |
| 3 | Choudhury Pravatkeshari Mishra | BJP | 6,050 | 3.84% |
| 4 | Premalata Rout | TMC | 890 | 0.56% |
| 5 | Chittaranjan Sahoo | KS | 758 | 0.48% |
Mahanga 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 Cuttack district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Mahanga is one of the assembly segments of Kendrapara. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Kendrapara candidates.
- Baijayant PandaBJP93,474 45.5%
- Anshuman MohantyBJD87,596 42.6%
- Sidharth Swarup DashINC21,123 10.3%
- Soubhagya Ketan SamalSUCI1,180 0.6%
- Sekha Sadika HosenBSP343 0.2%
In the assembly election IND won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 5,878 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Mahanga.
Who won the Mahanga assembly seat in 2024?
Sarada Prasad Padhan of the Independent (IND) won Mahanga in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 88,632 votes, which was 42.86% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Mahanga?
The margin was 7,423 votes (3.59% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ankit Pratap Jena of the Biju Janata Dal with 81,209 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Mahanga in 2024?
Turnout was 76.17%: 2,06,838 of 2,71,535 registered electors voted, across 310 polling stations. That is 0.0 points lower than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Mahanga part of?
Mahanga is an assembly segment of the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Baijayant Panda got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Mahanga a reserved constituency?
No. Mahanga is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Mahanga?
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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