Kantabanji
Assembly seat no. 70 in Odisha · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1961.
Winner, 2024
Laxman Bag
BJP
Elections held
15
1961–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 15
Margin, 2024
16,344
8.02% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJDNaveen Patnaik
- Votes
- 74,532
- Vote share
- 36.56%
- Behind by
- 16,344
Electors
2,78,205
Total votes polled
2,03,874
Valid votes
2,03,874
NOTA votes
1,649
0.81% of votes polled
Turnout
73.3%
Full result, 2024
11 candidates · 2,03,874 valid votes
Laxman BagBJPwon
90,876
44.6%
Naveen PatnaikBJD
74,532
36.6%
Santosh Singh SalujaINC
26,839
13.2%
Dhaneswar MajhiIND
1,903
0.9%
Pandab BhoiCPI
1,454
0.7%
Sudam KaletAPOI
1,239
0.6%
Abhiram DharuaAIFB
1,217
0.6%
Suratha BeheraIND
1,204
0.6%
Kamal Kumar ChhatriaIND
1,127
0.6%
Sohan SipkaIND
1,092
0.5%
Devendra Kumar JainKOMM
742
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Laxman Bag | BJP | 90,876 | 44.58% | Naveen Patnaik | 16,344 |
| 2019 | SANTOSH SINGH SALUJA | INC | 64,246 | 33.60% | LAXMAN BAG | 128 |
| 2014 | AYUB KHAN | BJD | 55,252 | 31.65% | SANTOSH SINGH SALUJA | 3,868 |
| 2009 | SANTOSH SINGH SALUJA | INC | 62,495 | 43.24% | HAJI MAHAMMAD AYUB KHAN | 5,304 |
| 2004 | HAJI MD. AYUB KHAN | IND | 39,532 | 40.68% | SANTOSH SINGH SALUJA | 8,388 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
