KHUNTA
Assembly seat no. 9 in Odisha · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1967.
Winner, 2004
GOLAK BIHARI NAIK
BJP
Elections held
10
1967–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 10
Margin, 2004
9,971
9.30% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
INCSURENDRA NATH MAJHI
- Votes
- 34,362
- Vote share
- 32.06%
- Behind by
- 9,971
Electors
1,48,129
Total votes polled
1,07,166
Valid votes
1,07,166
NOTA votes
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Turnout
72.3%
Full result, 2004
8 candidates · 1,07,166 valid votes
GOLAK BIHARI NAIKBJPwon
44,333
41.4%
SURENDRA NATH MAJHIINC
34,362
32.1%
PRAKASH SORENJMM
19,077
17.8%
DASARATHA SINGHIND
4,491
4.2%
SUNARAM BINDHANIIND
1,779
1.7%
USHAMANI SINGHIND
1,355
1.3%
JAGANNATH SINGHIND
1,072
1.0%
CHANDRA MOHAN MURMUIND
697
0.7%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | GOLAK BIHARI NAIK | BJP | 44,333 | 41.37% | SURENDRA NATH MAJHI | 9,971 |
| 2000 | GOLAK NAIK | BJP | 35,658 | 39.61% | PRAKASH CHANDRA SOREN | 3,649 |
| 1995 | SARASWATI HEMBRAM | INC | 32,553 | 32.29% | PRAKASH CHANDRA SOREN | 4,873 |
| 1990 | BIRA BHADRA SINGH | JD | 35,387 | 49.13% | RAMESH SOREN | 14,868 |
| 1985 | BIRAM MURMU | INC | 21,979 | 47.65% | BIRABHADRA SINGH | 6,143 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
