G. Udayagiri Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see G. Udayagiri.

G. Udayagiri (ST)
Constituency No. 83 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kandhamal
LS constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1951
Total electors	200,776 (as on 2019) [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prafulla Chandra Pradhan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

G. Udayagiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kandhamal district, Odisha. ^[2]

Area of this constituency includes G. Udayagiri, G. Udayagiri block, Daringbadi block, Tikabali block and Raikia block. ^{[3] [4]}

This constituency was known as UDAYAGIRI-MOHANA in 1951 & G UDAIGIRI in 1957 & 1961, UDAYAGIRI from 1967 to 2004 & G. Udayagiri since 2009.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
1977			53.73%
1980			54.15%
1985			58.25%
1990			49.78%
1995			49.73%
2000			50.08%
2004			48.76%
2009			43.92%
2014			39.82%
2019			38.61%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from G. Udayagiri constituency are: ^[6]

Year	Member	Party
1951	Pattu Maliko		Indian National Congress
1957	Sarangdhar Pradhan		Ganatantra Parishad
1961			Indian National Congress
1967	Gopal Pradhan		Swatantra Party
1971
1974			Indian National Congress
1977	Ranjit Kumar Pradhan		Janata Party
1980	Nagarjun Pradhan		Indian National Congress
1985
1990
1995
2000	Saluga Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
2004	Ajayanti Pradhan		Indian National Congress
2009	Manoj Kumar Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Jacob Pradhan		Indian National Congress
2019	Saluga Pradhan [1] [7]		Biju Janata Dal
2024	Prafulla Chandra Pradhan		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Saluga Pradhan
	BJP	Managobinda Pradhan
	INC	Prafulla Chandra Pradhan
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Saluga Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Shyamghana Pradhan by a margin of 11,261 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Saluga Pradhan	53,238 [1]	38.61
	INC	Shyamghana Pradhan	41977	30.45
	BJP	Archana Pradhan	35998	26.11
	Independent	Jacob Pradhan (incumbent}	1920	1.31
	Independent	Pushara Kanhar	1492	1.08
	Independent	Pratap Kumar Pradhan	1238	0.9
	NCP	Asish Mallik	1074	0.78
	NOTA	None of the above	938	0.68
Majority			11,261	8.16
Turnout			137875	68.67
Registered electors			2,00,776
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jacob Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,289 votes. ^[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: G. Udayagiri ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jacob Pradhan	48,958	39.82	19.26
	BJD	Pradeep Kumar Pradhan	39,669	31.45	16.01
	BJP	Managobinda Pradhan	27,295	22.2	−21.72
	AOP	Pradeep Kumar Mallick	3,205	2.61
	NCP	Menaka Pradhan	1,867	1.52
	Independent	Sanjaya Kumar Pradhan	1,156	0.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,790	1.46	−
Majority			10,289	8.37	−14.99
Turnout			1,22,940	71.04	5.59
Registered electors			1,73,047
	INC gain from BJP

2009

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoj Kumar Pradhan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ajayanti Pradhan by a margin of 23,935 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Pradhan	45,009	43.92	−
	INC	Ajayanti Pradhan	21,074	20.56	−
	BJD	Luko Sunamajhi	15,818	15.44	−
	Independent	Saluga Pradhan	10,715	10.46	−
	BSP	Shyamaghan Pradhan	2,068	2.02	−
	Independent	Nameswar Sunamajhi	2,027	1.98	−
	Independent	Pradeep Kumar Konhar	1,840	1.80	−
	Independent	Menaka Pradhan	1,559	1.52	−
	Independent	Sanjaya Pradhan	1,428	1.39	−
	SP	Philmon Pradhan	938	0.92	−
Majority			23,935	23.36 [lower-alpha 1]	−
Turnout			1,02,536	65.45	−
	BJP gain from INC

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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8. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
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