Paralakhemundi Assembly constituency
| Paralakhemundi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 137 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Gajapati |
| LS constituency | Berhampur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,10,531 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi | |
| Party |  BJD |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Paralakhemundi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Gajapati district, Odisha.[1]
Map of Paralakhemundi Constituency
This constituency includes Paralakhemundi Municipality, Kashinagara NAC, Goshani block, Gumma block and Kashinagara block.[2][3]
Elected Members
[edit]Since its formation in 1951, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952.
List of members elected from Paralakhemundi constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi | BJD | |
| 2019 | Koduru Narayana Rao[7] | BJP | |
| 2014 | Kengam Surya Rao | INC | |
| 2009 | Koduru Narayana Rao | BJD | |
| 2004 | Trinath Sahu | INC | |
| 2000 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1990 | Darapu Lachana Naidu | JD | |
| 1985 | Trinath Sahu | INC | |
| 1980 | Bijoy Kumar Jena | Independent | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1974 | Kurma Naikulu N. | Utkal Congress | |
| 1971 | Darapu Lachana Naidu | SWA | |
| 1967 | Kurma Naikulu N. | INC | |
| 1961 | |||
1956 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1951[a] | Appena Dora Biswasrai | Independent | |
| Jagannath Mishra | CPI | ||
Election Results
[edit]2024
[edit]Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Koduru Narayana Rao by a margin of 3,998 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi | 56,027 | 37.58 |  19.32 | |
| BJP | Koduru Narayana Rao | 52,029 | 34.90 |  1.02 | |
| INC | Bijay Kumar Patnaik | 35,674 | 23.93 | 7.46 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,488 | 1.00 | ||
| Majority | 3,998 | 2.68 | |||
| Turnout | 1,49,069 | 67.91 | 1.36 | ||
| BJD gain from BJP | |||||
2019
[edit]In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Konduru Narayan Rao defeated Independent candidate Trirupati Panigrahy by a margin of 15,335 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Konduru Narayan Rao | 52,415 | 35.92 | ||
| Independent | Trirupati Panigrahy | 37080 | 25.41 | ||
| BJD | Kalyani Gajapati | 26645 | 18.26 | ||
| INC | Kengam Surya Rao | 24040 | 16.47 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1944 | 1.33 | ||
| Independent | Kedar Sabar | 1572 | 1.08 | ||
| BSP | Gouri Shankar Mahanandia | 1133 | 0.78 | ||
| SKD | Sunil Kumar Pattnaik | 1098 | 0.75 | ||
| Majority | 15335 | 10.51 | |||
| Turnout | 145927 | 69.27 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | |||||
2014
[edit]In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Kengam Surya Rao defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Koduru Narayana Rao by a margin of 1419 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kengam Surya Rao | 61,014 | 45.1 | 6.5 | |
| BJD | Koduru Narayana Rao | 59,595 | 44.1 | −7.0 | |
| BJP | Tripati Nayak | 6,938 | 5.1 | −0.74 | |
| Independent | Kedar Shabar | 1370 | 1.0 | ||
| CPI(M) | Lalichetti Ramgopal Rao | 1,239 | 0.91 | ||
| OJM | Amit Kumar Patnaik | 874 | 0.6 | ||
| AAP | Sisir Kumar Bhanja Samanta | 579 | 0.32 | ||
| AITC | Sujit Pradhan | 533 | 0.30 | ||
| AOP | Sabita Sahukar | 464 | 0.3 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Trinath Panda | 446 | 0.3 | ||
| SKD | Meenaketan Jenna | 401 | 0.29 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1548 | 1.15 | − | |
| Majority | 1,419 | 1.05 | |||
| Turnout | 1,35,001 | 70.03 | 6.31 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,92,782 | ||||
| INC gain from BJD | |||||
2009
[edit]In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Koduru Narayana Rao defeated Indian National Congress candidate Trinath Sahu by a margin of 14,941 votes.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Koduru Narayana Rao | 58,528 | 51.10 | − | |
| INC | Trinath Sahu | 43,587 | 38.06 | − | |
| BJP | T. Kuranna | 6,686 | 5.84 | − | |
| Independent | Jakubo Raito | 2,160 | 1.89 | − | |
| Kalinga Sena | Kailash Chandra Mali | 1,167 | 1.02 | − | |
| SAMO | Sasmita Rajguru | 847 | 0.74 | − | |
| Independent | Bibekananda Behera | 789 | 0.69 | − | |
| CPI(ML)L | Bidyadhar Patro | 762 | 0.67 | − | |
| Majority | 14,941 | 13.05[b] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,14,556 | 63.72 | 3.43'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000020−QINU`"' | ||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
Constituency: Parlakhemundi (137) District: Gajapati
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "79 - Parlakhemundi Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Parlakhemundi Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 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-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ News18 (2019). "Paralakhemundi Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Paralakhemundi Constituency (Seat) Election Results". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Paralakhemundi". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Paralakhemundi (137)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 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.