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Assembly constituency 145 · Odisha · ST

Pottangi is assembly constituency number 145 in Odisha, in Koraput district, and one of the segments of the Koraput Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Rama Chandra Kadam of the Indian National Congress won with 33.7% of the vote, 1,919 votes ahead of Prafulla Kumar Pangi (BJD).

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Pottangi · 2024AC 145
  1. 01
    Rama Chandra Kadam
    INC
    52,202
    33.70%
  2. 02
    Prafulla Kumar Pangi
    BJD
    50,283
    32.46%
  3. 03
    Nandibali Chaitanya
    BJP
    35,461
    22.89%
  4. 04
    Phulomani Pangi
    Independent
    2,770
    1.79%
  5. 05
    Gangamma Majhi
    Independent
    2,185
    1.41%
  6. 3 other candidates · 5,601 votesNOTA · 6,420 (4.14%)

Margin 1,919 votes · 1.24% of valid votes

1,87,219
Registered electors
2024 election
83.0%
Turnout
+6.7 pts vs 2019
1,919
Victory margin
1.2% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,54,922 valid votes, NOTA included.

Pottangi 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rama Chandra KadamMale · 60 yrs · STINC52,202
33.70%
2Prafulla Kumar PangiMale · 56 yrs · STBJD50,283
32.46%
3Nandibali ChaitanyaMale · 44 yrs · STBJP35,461
22.89%
—NOTANOTA6,420
4.14%
4Phulomani PangiFemale · 51 yrs · STIndependent2,770
1.79%
5Gangamma MajhiFemale · 41 yrs · STIndependent2,185
1.41%
6Snehopatro SantaMale · 60 yrs · STRPI(A)2,022
1.31%
7Murali Dhara GunthaMale · 44 yrs · STBSP1,831
1.18%
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8Ambika Kumari PangiFemale · 40 yrs · STIndependent1,748
1.13%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2009201420192024INC 33.7%BJD 32.5%BJP 22.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2024Rama Chandra KadamINC · 33.7% · margin 1,919Turnout83.0%
2014Prafulla Kumar PangiBJD · 38.1% · margin 10,764Turnout71.0%
2009Rama Chandra KadamINC · 41.6% · margin 5,436Turnout60.0%
2019Pitam PadhiBJD · 35.1% · margin 4,255Turnout76.3%

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

Pottangi result 2019

Pottangi 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pitam PadhiBJD51,244
35.14%
2Rama Chandra KadamINC46,989
32.23%
3Rama Chandra PangiBJP25,956
17.80%
4Nandibali ChaitanyaIndependent8,238
5.65%
—NOTANOTA5,715
3.92%
5Muralidhara GunthaBSP4,153
2.85%
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6Krushna Chandra JaniIndependent3,517
2.41%

Pottangi result 2014

Pottangi 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prafulla Kumar PangiBJD46,839
38.10%
2Rama Chandra KadamINC36,075
29.35%
3Krushna Chandra JaniBJP9,401
7.65%
4Bhagaban PetiaIndependent7,547
6.14%
5Ashok Kumar UlakaBSP6,725
5.47%
6G. RadhaSAMO6,092
4.96%
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—NOTANOTA4,995
4.06%
7Jayaram BhoiOJM3,447
2.80%
8Snehapatro SantaSKD1,807
1.47%

Pottangi result 2009

Pottangi 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rama Chandra KadamINC41,451
41.60%
2Prafulla Kumar PangiBJD36,015
36.14%
3Dhanpati EadingBJP9,257
9.29%
4Trilochan MuduliRSP5,462
5.48%
5Anantaram MattamSAMO4,620
4.64%
6Jagga HikakaCPI(ML)(L)2,839
2.85%
Map

Pottangi 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

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

  • Saptagiri Sankar UlakaINC56,045 38.1%
  • Kausalya HikakaBJD43,463 29.6%
  • Kaliram MajhiBJP35,001 23.8%
  • Prakash HikakaCPI(ML)(L)2,029 1.4%
  • Damini JaniBSP1,405 1.0%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 12,582 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Pottangi assembly seat in 2024?

Rama Chandra Kadam of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Pottangi in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 52,202 votes, which was 33.70% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Pottangi?

The margin was 1,919 votes (1.24% of valid votes). The runner-up was Prafulla Kumar Pangi of the Biju Janata Dal with 50,283 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Pottangi in 2024?

Turnout was 82.97%: 1,55,332 of 1,87,219 registered electors voted, across 239 polling stations. That is 6.7 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Pottangi part of?

Pottangi is an assembly segment of the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Pottangi a reserved constituency?

Yes. Pottangi 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 Pottangi?

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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