Dharmasala | |
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Constituency No. 51 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 | 2,32,166 [a] [b] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Independent |
Elected year | 2024 |
Dharmasala is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha, India. [1]
The area of this constituency includes Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block. [2] [3]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date. Dharmasala was a 2-member constituency for 1957.
List of members elected from Dharmasala constituency are: [5] [6]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2024 [7] | Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo | Independent politician | |
2019 [8] | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | Biju Janata Dal | |
2014 [9] | |||
2009 [10] | Kalpataru Das | ||
2004 | |||
2000 | |||
1995 | Janata Dal | ||
1990 | Gurucharan Tikayat | ||
1985 | Kangali Charan Panda | Indian National Congress | |
1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
1977 | Rabi Dash | Janata Party | |
1974 | Banka Behari Das | Indian National Congress | |
1971 | Praja Socialist Party | ||
1967 | Paramananda Mohanty | ||
1961 | Gadadhar Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
1957 [c] | Mayadhar Singh | ||
Madan Mohan Patnaik | |||
1951 | Paramananda Mohanty | Socialist Party |
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. [11] In 2024 election, Independent candidate Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray by a margin of 4,150 votes. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo | 79,759 | 42.88 | ![]() | |
BJD | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | 75,609 | 40.65 | ![]() | |
BJP | Smruti Rekha Pahi | 15,926 | 8.56 | ![]() | |
SUCI(C) | Kedaranath Sahu | 8,453 | 4.54 | N/A | |
INC | Kisan Panda | 2,947 | 1.58 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 666 | 0.36 | ![]() | |
Majority | 4,150 | 2.23 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,86,013 | 80.12 | |||
Independent gain from BJD |
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Chandra Parida by a margin of 52,739 votes. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | 101,364 | 58.61 | ||
BJP | Ramesh Chandra Parida | 48,625 | 28.12 | ||
INC | Smruti Rekha Pahi | 18,588 | 10.75 | ||
None of the Above | None of the Above | 736 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 52,739 | 30.49 | |||
Turnout | 172935 | 77.16 | |||
BJD hold |
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srinath Mishra by a margin of 85,786 votes. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | 109,241 | 68.6 | 10.35 | |
INC | Srinath Mishra | 23,455 | 14.73 | 17.9 | |
BJP | Ramesh Chandra Parida | 19,940 | 12.52 | 8.62 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,185 | 0.74 | − | |
Majority | 85,786 | 53.87 | 28.24 | ||
Turnout | 1,59,251 | 82.25 | 8.16 | ||
Registered electors | 1,93,608 | ||||
BJD hold |
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalpataru Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kangali Charan Panda by a margin of 35,133 votes. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Kalpataru Das | 79,867 | 58.25 | − | |
INC | Kangali Charan Panda | 44,734 | 32.63 | − | |
BJP | Ramesh Chandra Parida | 5,341 | 3.90 | − | |
Majority | 35,133 | 25.63 [d] | − | ||
Turnout | 1,37,126 | 74.09 | − | ||
BJD hold |
Constituency: Dharmasala (51) District : Jajpur
List Of Winning Candidates
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