| Type: | SLA |
| Kuchinda (ST) | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Constituency No: | 15 |
| District: | Sambalpur |
| Loksabha Cons: | Sambalpur |
| Established: | 1967 |
| Reservation: | ST |
| Incumbent Image: | Rabinarayan Naik Kuchinda.jpg |
| Mla: | Rabi Narayan Naik |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Electors: | 2,16,570 |
Kuchinda is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district.[1]
Area of this constituency includes Kuchinda, Kuchinda block, Bamra block and Jamankira block.[2] [3]
Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Kuchinda constituency are:[4] [5]
| Year | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Kanhai Singh | ||
| 1971 | Jagateswar Mirdha | ||
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Brundaban Majhi | ||
| 1995 | Panu Chandra Naik | ||
| 2000 | Rabi Narayan Naik | ||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Rajendra Kumar Chhatria | ||
| 2014 | Rabi Narayan Naik | ||
| 2019 | Kishore Chandra Naik | ||
| 2024 | Rabi Narayan Naik | ||
Voting was held on 25th May 2024 in the 3rd phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[7] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria by a margin of 32,220 votes.
In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Chandra Naik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 3,508 votes.[8]
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhubaneswar Kisan by a margin of 22,064 votes.[9]
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabi Narayan Naik by a margin of 12,712 votes.[10]