Parjanga Assembly constituency
| Parjanga | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 58 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Dhenkanal |
| LS constituency | Dhenkanal |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 1,79,908 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent Nrushingha Charan Sahu | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Parjanga is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[1]
Area of this constituency includes Parjang block, Kankadahada block and 5 GPs (Kusumajodi, Kantapal, Tumusinga, Kantiokateni and Kantioputasahi) of Kamakshyanagar block.[2][3]
The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.
Elected Members[edit]
Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.
List of members elected from Parjanga constituency are:[6][7]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Nrushingha Charan Sahu[8] | BJD | |
| 2014 | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | BJD | |
| 2009 | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | BJD | |
Election Results[edit]
2024[edit]
Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | ||||
| BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | ||||
| INC | Ranjit Kumar Sahu | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019[edit]
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 740 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | 78,747 | 46.93 | ||
| BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | 78,007 | 46.49 | ||
| INC | Jasaswini Rout | 6795 | 4.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1518 | 0.90 | ||
| HND | Dibyajyoti Nayak | 1024 | 0.61 | ||
| API | Lambodar Naik | 971 | 0.58 | ||
| ANC | Nirmala Mishra | 740 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 740 | 0.44 | |||
| Turnout | 167802 | 78.5 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014[edit]
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 3,052 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | 60,523 | 40.06 | 1.33 | |
| BJP | Bibhuti Pradhan | 57,471 | 38.04 | 3.48 | |
| INC | Santosh Kumar Rout | 18,240 | 12.07 | -4.87 | |
| Independent | Biswatosh Sahoo | 8,967 | 5.94 | ||
| AITC | Dambaru Dehury | 1,116 | 0.74 | ||
| AOP | Ranjit Kumar Sahu | 886 | 0.59 | ||
| AAP | Susanta Kumar Pany | 657 | 0.43 | ||
| OJM | Susanta Kumar Sahoo | 559 | 0.37 | ||
| SKD | Bijaya Kumar Pratapdeou | 456 | 0.3 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,209 | 1.46 | - | |
| Majority | 3,052 | 2.02 | -2.15 | ||
| Turnout | 1,51,084 | 80.04 | 10.96 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,88,759 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009[edit]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 5,188 votes.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | 48,131 | 38.73 | - | |
| BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | 42,943 | 34.56 | - | |
| INC | Laxmidhar Sahoo | 21,048 | 16.94 | - | |
| SAMO | Pratap Chandra Marandi | 7,265 | 5.85 | - | |
| Kalinga Sena | Arup Parida | 1,510 | 1.22 | - | |
| BSP | Premananda Sahoo | 1,415 | 1.14 | - | |
| RPI | Ranjubala Naik | 1,127 | 0.91 | - | |
| Indian Justice Party | Bidyadhar Naik | 830 | 0.67 | - | |
| Majority | 5,188 | 4.17[a] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,24,277 | 69.08 | - | ||
| BJD win (new seat) | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ % of total valid votes
References[edit]
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
Constituency: Parjanga(58) District : Dhenkanal
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
- ^ "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Parjanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Parjanga". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Parjanga (58)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.