Gopalpur, Odisha Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in Odisha. For its eponymous town, see Gopalpur, Odisha.

For the constituencies in other states, see Gopalpur, Bihar Assembly constituency and Gopalpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency.

Gopalpur
Constituency No. 132 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
LS constituency	Berhampur
Established	1974
Total electors	174,905 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bibhuti Bhusan Jena
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Gopalpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Gopalpur, Ward Nos. 25 to 27 of Brahmapur, Rangailunda block and 4 Gram panchayats (Hugulapatta, Gurunthi, Barigan and Nimakhandi) of Kukudakhandi block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			50.11%
2019			45.69%
2014			46.98%
2009			42.77%
2004			53.55%
2000			50.13%
1995			48.38%
1990			62.83%
1985			67.67%
1980			74.53%
1977			46.44%

Since its formation in 1974, 12 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Gopalpur constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Bibhuti Bhusan Jena		BJP
2019	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy [lower-alpha 2] [8]		BJD
2014	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy		BJD
2009	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy		BJD
2004	Trinath Behera		INC
2000	Ramachandra Sethi		BJD
1995	Ramachandra Sethi		JD
1990	Ramachandra Sethi		JD
1985	Ghanasyam Behera		INC
1980	Ghanasyam Behera		INC
1977	Ghanasyam Behera		INC
1974	Mohan Nayak		INC

Election Results

2024

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. ^[9]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Gopalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Jena	72,071	50.11	6.4
	BJD	Bikram Kumar Panda	63,009	43.81	1.88
	INC	Shayam Sundar Sahu	3,361	2.34	5.11
	AAP	P NILAKANTH REDI	1516	1.05
	BSP	SANTOSH KUMAR DAS	388	0.27
	AIFB	S. KUMARI MAMATA	265	0.18
	Bharatiya Bikash Parishad	P TULASAYA REDDY	332	0.23
	SUCI(C)	SUBHASMITA PANIGRAHI	451	0.31
	NOTA	None of the above	1,200	0.83
Majority			9062	6.3
Turnout			1,43,839
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Jena by a margin of 2673 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Gopalpur ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy	61,628	45.69	1.29
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Jena	58955	43.71	13.83
	INC	S. Dharmaraj Reddy	10053	7.45	11.03
	NOTA	None of the above	1293	0.96
	ANC	Durya Dhana Behera	763	0.57
	SUCI(C)	P. Siba Prasad Reddy	667	0.49
	AIFB	Santosh Kumar Sahu	593	0.44
	Independent	Biswa Bihari Bishoyi	936	0.69
Majority			2673	1.98
Turnout			134888	62.91
	BJD hold

2014

In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Jena by a margin of 20,112 votes. ^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Gopalpur ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy	55,265	46.98	4.21
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Jena	35,153	29.88	14.97
	INC	Bhagaban Gantayat	21,741	18.48	−2.96
	AAP	Debasish Bebartta	1,335	1.13
	BSP	Jitendra Kumar Panda	623	0.53
	SUCI(C)	P. Sibaprasad Reddy	585	0.5
	Independent	Ujala Behera	538	0.46
	SKD	Namita Panda	535	0.45
	Independent	A. Raghunath Varma	531	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	1,337	1.14	−
Majority			20,112	17.09	−4.24
Turnout			1,17,643	67.26	11.71
Registered electors			174,905
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dr. Trinath Behera by a margin of 18,758 votes. ^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Gopalpur ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy	37,612	42.77	−
	INC	Trinath Behera	18,854	21.44	−
	Independent	Anuja Kumar Nayak	14,679	16.69	−
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Jena	13,112	14.91	−
	Independent	A. Raghunath Verma	1,094	1.24	−
	SAMO	Ajit Kumar Dalai	1,064	1.21	−
	Independent	Binaya Kumar Padhi	966	1.10	−
	Independent	Debasish Pramanik	565	0.64	−
Majority			18,758	21.33 [lower-alpha 3]	−
Turnout			88,010	55.55	−
	BJD gain from INC		Swing	-3.74 [lower-alpha 4]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Expelled from party
3. %of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 59.29%

References

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