Kantabanji is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Kantabanji, Turekela block, Bangomunda block and Muribahal block.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
MLAs were Prasanna Pal of JD in 1990, independent candidate Chaitanya Pradhan in 1985, Prasanna Kumar Pal representing INC (I) in 1980 and representing INC in 1977. This seat became very trending when Naveen Patnaik got defeated here.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Kantabanji constituency are: YearMemberParty2024Laxman Bag2019 Santosh Singh Saluja 2014 Laxman Bag2009 Santosh Singh Saluja2004Haji Md. Ayub Khan 2000 Ramesh Chandra Dash1995 Paramananda Hatti 1990Prasanna Pal1985Chaitanya Pradhan1980Prasanna Pal19771974Ram Prasad Mishra1971Achyutananda Mahananda1967Lokanath Rai1961Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Election Results
2024 Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Laxman Bag defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik by a margin of 16,344 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Laxman Bag by a margin of 128 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Haji Md. Ayub Khan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja, who was seeking re-election, by a margin of 3,868 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Haji Md. Ayub Khan by a margin of 5,304 votes.
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