Jajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Jajpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Jajpur
Blocks	Jajpur, Dasarathpur
Electorate	2,07,192
Major settlements	Jajpur
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Pranab Prakash Das
Const. No.	52
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jajpur

Jajpur (Sl. No.: 52) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

Areas in this constituency include Jajpur, 16 GPs (Basudevpur, Beruda, Bhubaneswarpur, Bhuinpur, Bichitrapur, Chainipur, Jahanpur, Khairabad, Mala Anandapur, Markandapur, Nathasahi, Panasa, Maheswarpur, Shyamadaspur, Similia and Upparbaruhan) of Jajpur block and 16 GPs (Susua, Duduranta, Kanikapada, Mangalpur, Akarapada, Champeipal, Chhachina, Chittalo, Dasrathpur, Gopalpur, Kasapa, Katikata, Khandara, Mallikapur, Taliha and Tarpada) of Dasarathpur block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			60.24%
2014			69.17%
2009			50.05%
2004			55.25%
2000			46.82%
1995			42.24%
1990			57.12%
1985			52.06%
1980			54.61%
1977			61.25%

Sixteenth elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Jajpur constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

• 2019: (52): Pranab Prakash Das (BJD)
• 2014: (52): Pranab Prakash Das (BJD)
• 2009: (52): Pranab Prakash Das (BJD)
• 2004: (25): Parameswar Sethi (BJD)
• 2000: (25): Suryamani Jena (BJD)
• 1995: (25): Suryamani Jena (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (25): Jagannath Mallick (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (25): Jagannath Mallick (Janata Party)
• 1980: (25): Niranjan Jena (Congress-I)
• 1977: (25): Jagannath Mallick(Janata Party)
• 1974: (25): Jagannath Lallick (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (26/ 27): Prafulla Chandra Ghadei (Orissa Jana Congress) and Jagannath Mallik (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (26/ 27): Prafulla Chandra Ghadei (Orissa Jana Congress) and Santanu Kumar Das (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (118/ 119): Madan Mohan Patnaik (Congress) and Santanu Kumar Das (Congress)
• 1957: (84): Gadadhar Dutt (Congress) and Santanu Kumar Das (Congress)
• 1951: (62): Gadahar Dutta (Congress) and Santanu Kumar Das (Congress)

2019 Election Result

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes. ^[7]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Prakash Das	99,738	60.24	-8.93
	BJP	Goutam Ray	59,082	35.68	24.3
	INC	Santosh Kumar Nanda	4,745	2.87	-10.27
	Independent	Pradeep Kumar Behuria	507	0.31	-
	Kalinga Sena	Aditya Pratap Dhir Deo	334	0.2	-0.11
	SKD	Santosh Suryavansi	300	0.18	-0.02
	NOTA	None	866	0.52	-0.25
Majority
Turnout			1,65,572
Registered electors
	BJD hold

2014 Election Result

In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by 84,613 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jajpur ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Prakash Das	1,04,458	69.17	19.12
	INC	Santosh Kumar Nanda	19,845	13.14	-12.38
	BJP	Jagannath Prasad Samal	17,180	11.38	-11.15
	Independent	Badri Narayan Ray	5,781	3.83
	BSP	Suryamani Jena	1,203	0.8
	AAP	Bijayananda Mohanty	625	0.41
	Kalinga Sena	Rajendra Dhal	463	0.31
	SKD	Harekrushna Debata	304	0.2
	NOTA	None	1,167	0.77	-
Majority			84,613	56.02
Turnout			1,51,026	72.89	9.05
Registered electors			2,07,192
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes. ^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jajpur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Prakash Das	61,712	50.05	-
	INC	Debabrata Kantha	31,467	25.52	-
	BJP	Goutam Ray	27,785	22.53	-
	Independent	Manas Ranjan Swain	1,532	1.24	-
	Jan Hitkari Party	Bijayananda Mohanty	812	0.66	-
Majority			30,245	24.53 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,23,340	63.84	-
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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