Parjanga Assembly constituency
| Parjanga | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 58 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| Division | Northern Division |
| District | Dhenkanal |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dhenkanal |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 2,19,662[a][b] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Parjanga is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, India.[1]
The area of this constituency includes Parjang block, Kankadahada block and five gram panchayats (GPs; Kusumajodi, Kantapal, Tumusinga, Kantiokateni and Kantioputasahi) of Kamakshyanagar block.[2][3]
The constituency was formed in the 2008 Delimitation[4] and went for polls in the 2009 election.
Elected members
[edit | edit source]Since its formation in 2009, four elections were held till date.
The list of members elected from Parjanga constituency is:[6][7]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[8] | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019[9] | Nrusingha Charan Sahu | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2014[10] | |||
| 2009[11] | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2024
[edit | edit source]Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[12] In the 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu by a margin of 32,162 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | 1,00,595 | 56.94 | ||
| BJD | Nrusingha Charan Sahu | 68,433 | 38.74 | ||
| INC | Ranjit Kumar Sahu | 3,482 | 1.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,512 | 0.86 | ||
| Majority | 32,162 | 18.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,76,669 | 80.43 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2019
[edit | edit source]In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 740 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nrusingha Charan Sahu | 78,747 | 46.93 | ||
| BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | 78,007 | 46.49 | ||
| INC | Jasaswini Rout | 6,795 | 4.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,518 | 0.90 | ||
| Majority | 740 | 0.44 | |||
| Turnout | 167,802 | 78.5 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
[edit | edit source]In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrusingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 3,052 votes.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nrusingha Charan Sahu | 60,523 | 40.06 | Increase1.33 | |
| BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | 57,471 | 38.04 | Increase3.48 | |
| INC | Santosh Kumar Rout | 18,240 | 12.07 | Decrease4.87 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,209 | 1.46 | − | |
| Majority | 3,052 | 2.02 | Decrease2.15 | ||
| Turnout | 151,084 | 80.04 | Increase10.96 | ||
| Registered electors | 188,759 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
[edit | edit source]In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrusingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 5,188 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nrusingha Charan Sahu | 48,131 | 38.73 | − | |
| BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan | 42,943 | 34.56 | − | |
| INC | Laxmidhar Sahoo | 21,048 | 16.94 | − | |
| Majority | 5,188 | 4.17[c] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,24,277 | 69.08 | − | ||
| BJD win (new seat) | |||||
Notes
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