Puri Assembly constituency
| Puri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 107 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Puri |
| LS constituency | Puri |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,21,892[1][a] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Puri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Puri, 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and three GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block.[3][4]
Elected Members[edit]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1991.[6]
List of members elected from Puri constituency are:[7][8]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi[9][10] | BJP | |
| 2014 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 2009 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 2004 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 2000 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 1995 | Maheswar Mohanty | JD | |
| 1991 (bypoll)[b] | Uma Ballav Rath | JD | |
| 1990 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | JD | |
| 1985 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | JP | |
| 1980 | Gadadhar Mishra | INC(I) | |
| 1977 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | JP | |
| 1974 | Brajamohan Mohanty | INC | |
| 1971 | Brajamohan Mohanty | Congress (R) | |
| 1967 | Harihar Bahinipati | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1961 | Bhagwan Pratihari | INC | |
| 1957 | Harihar Bahinipati | PSP | |
| 1951 | Fakir Charan Das | Socialist | |
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.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sunil Mohanty | ||||
| BJP | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | ||||
| INC | Uma Ballav Rath | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019[edit]
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty by a margin of 4008 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | 76,747 | 43.28 | ||
| BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 72739 | 40.21 | ||
| INC | Auro Prasad Mishra | 2934 | 1.94 | ||
| BSP | Suchendra Bhoi | 856 | 0.55 | ||
| AIFB | Jitendriya Behera | 465 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Gopal Krushna Panda | 700 | 0.45 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1281 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 4008 | 3.07 | |||
| Turnout | 155722 | 63.96 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2014[edit]
In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 76,760 | 53.44 | 1.86 | |
| INC | Uma Ballav Rath | 42,039 | 29.27 | 23.52 | |
| BJP | Krushna Chandra Panda | 17,560 | 12.23 | -28.09 | |
| SKD | Surendranath Dash | 2,504 | 1.74 | - | |
| AAP | Aditya Hruday Mishra | 1,058 | 0.74 | - | |
| BSP | Basanti Bhoi | 921 | 0.64 | -0.34 | |
| AOP | Sridhar Mishra | 580 | 0.4 | - | |
| AITC | Nrusingha Charan Das | 348 | 0.24 | - | |
| Independent | Rama Chandra Pradhan | 331 | 0.23 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1526 | 1.06 | - | |
| Majority | 34,721 | 24.17 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,627 | 64.73 | 7.06 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,21,892 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009[edit]
In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.[16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 61,328 | 51.58 | -2.03 | |
| BJP | Uma Ballav Rath | 47,934 | 40.32 | - | |
| INC | Uttam Kumar Acharya | 4,832 | 3.75 | - | |
| BSP | Kashinath Bhoi | 1,161 | 0.98 | - | |
| Independent | Rama Chandra Pradhan | 634 | 0.53 | - | |
| SP | Narayan Khuntia | 633 | 0.53 | - | |
| Kalinga Sena | Sarada Devi Panda | 367 | 0.31 | - | |
| Majority | 13,394 | 11.27[c] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,889 | 57.67 | -2.71[d] | ||
| BJD hold | |||||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
Constituency: Puri (107) District: Puri
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- ^ "56 - Puri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Puri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "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 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Puri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Puri (107)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 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.