Jagatsinghpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Jagatsinghpur
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Jagatsinghpur
Blocks	Jagatsinghpur, Nuagaon
Electorate	1,93,927 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Jagatsinghpur
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Indian National Congress
MLA	Chiranjib Biswal
Const. No.	104
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jagatsinghpur

Jagatsinghpur (Sl. No.: 104) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Jagatsinghpur, Jagatsinghpur block and Nuagaon block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			43.34%
2009			50.64%
2004			51.72%
2000			65.87%
1995			48.71%
1990			65.36%
1985			53.16%
1980			43.91%
1977			54.62%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009 including one Bye-Poll in 1959. ^[6] Elected member from the Jagatsinghpur constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2014: (104): Chiranjib Biswal (Congress)
• 2009: (104): Bishnu Charan Das (BJD)
• 2004: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (BJD)
• 2000: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (BJD)
• 1995: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (38): Kailash Chandra Mallik (Congress)
• 1980: (38): Krushna Chandra Mallik (Congress-I)
• 1977: (38): Kanduri Charan Mallik (Janata Party)
• 1974: (38): Laxman Mallick(Congress)
• 1971: (36): Laxman Mallick (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (36): Kanduri Charan Mallik (PSP)
• 1961: (102): Priyanath Dey (Congress)
• 1959: (Bye Poll): Birakishore Das (Congress)
• 1957: (72): Nilmani Pradhan (Congress) and Kanduri Charan Mallik (PSP)
• 1951: (74): Nilmani Pradhan (Congress)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chiranjib Biswal defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das by a margin of 2,888 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jagatsinghpur ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chiranjib Biswal	67,067	43.34	0.28
	BJD	Bishnu Charan Das	64,179	41.47	-9.17
	Independent	Satyabrata Mohapatra	8,844	5.71
	BJP	Pratap Kumar Mishra	7,058	4.56	0.9
	Independent	Sk Imam Uddin	5,405	3.49
	BSP	Rajesh Kumar Gochhayat	496	0.32
	AOP	Sisir Kumar Swain	488	0.32
	AAP	Debi Prasad Moharana	376	0.24
	Independent	Birendra Kumar Biswal	276	0.18
	NOTA	None	568	0.37
Majority			2,888	0.18
Turnout			1,54,757	79.8	9.8
Registered electors			1,93,927
	INC gain from BJD

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chiranjib Biswal by a margin of 10,077 votes. ^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jagatsinghpur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bishnu Charan Das	67,299	50.64	-1.08
	INC	Chiranjib Biswal	57,222	43.06	-2.82
	BJP	Upendranath Biswal	4,864	3.66	-
	SAMO	Gora Chand Barik	1,358	1.02	-
	Independent	Basudeb	760	0.57	-
	Independent	Dr. Suresh Chandra Mallick	751	0.57	-
	Kalinga Sena	Sisir Kumar Swain	639	0.48	-
Majority			10,077	7.58 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,33,017	70.00	-1.21 [lower-alpha 3]
Registered electors			1,90,024
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.21%

References

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