Jajpur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
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Jajpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.[1]
| Jajpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 52 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Central Division |
| District | Jajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jajpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,44,613[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2024 |
The areas in this constituency include Jajpur, 16 GPs (Basudevpur, Beruda, Bhubaneswarpur, Bhuinpur, Bichitrapur, Chainipur, Jahanpur, Khairabad, Mala Anandapur, Markandapur, Nathasahi, Panasa, Maheswarpur, Shyamadaspur, Similia and Upparbaruhan) of Jajpur block and 16 GPs (Susua, Duduranta, Kanikapada, Mangalpur, Akarapada, Champeipal, Chhachina, Chittalo, Dasrathpur, Gopalpur, Kasapa, Katikata, Khandara, Mallikapur, Taliha and Tarpada) of Dasarathpur block.[2][3]
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1963. It was a 2-member constituency from 1952 to 1971.
List of members elected from Jajpur constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[7] | Sujata Sahu | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2019[8] | Pranab Prakash Das[8] | ||
| 2014[9] | |||
| 2009[10] | |||
| 2004 | Parameswar Sethi | ||
| 2000 | Suryamani Jena | ||
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1990 | Jagannath Mallik | ||
| 1985 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Niranjan Jena | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1977 | Jagannath Mallik | Janata Party | |
| 1974 | Utkal Congress | ||
| 1971[c] | |||
| Prafulla Chandra Ghadai[d] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967[e] | Santanu Kumar Das[f] | Orissa Jana Congress | |
| Prafulla Chandra Ghadai[g] | |||
| 1963 (bypoll)[h][i] | Narayan Chandra Pati | Indian National Congress | |
| 1961[j] | Santanu Kumar Das[k] | ||
| Madan Mohan Patnaik[l] | |||
| 1957[m] | Santanu Kumar Das | ||
| Gadadhar Dutta | |||
| 1951[n] | Santanu Kumar Das | ||
| Gadadhar Dutta | |||
Election results
2024
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sujata Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 2,564 votes.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sujata Sahu | 86,049 | 47.92 |  12.32 | |
| BJP | Goutam Ray | 83,485 | 46.49 |  10.81 | |
| INC | Sudip Kumar Kar | 6,477 | 3.61 | 0.74 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,230 | 0.68 | 0.16 | |
| Majority | 2,564 | ||||
| Turnout | 179,580 | 73.41 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2019
In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Pranab Prakash Das | 99,738 | 60.24 | −8.93 | |
| BJP | Goutam Ray | 59,082 | 35.68 | 24.3 | |
| INC | Santosh Kumar Nanda | 4,745 | 2.87 | −10.27 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 866 | 0.52 | −0.25 | |
| Majority | 40,656 | 24.56 | |||
| Turnout | 1,65,572 | 70.79 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by huge margin of 84,613 votes.[9]
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Pranab Prakash Das | 61,712 | 50.05 | − | |
| INC | Debabrata Kantha | 31,467 | 25.52 | − | |
| BJP | Goutam Ray | 27,785 | 22.53 | − | |
| Majority | 30,245 | 24.53[o] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,23,340 | 63.84 | − | ||
| BJD hold | |||||
Notes
- as on 2024
- as data published by election commission
- It was a 2 member constituency
- from Jajpur West
- It was a 2 member constituency
- from Jajpur East (SC)
- from Jajpur West
- from Jajpur West
- Death of Madan Mohan Patnaik
- It was a 2 member constituency
- from Jajpur East (SC)
- from Jajpur West
- It was a 2 member constituency
- It was a 2 member constituency
- %of total valid votes