Jashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Jashipur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Mayurbhanj
Blocks	Jashipur, Raruan, Sukruli and Kusumi (part)
Electorate	1,71,190
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Er.Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia
Const. No.	26
Reserved for	Scheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Mayurbhanj

Jashipur (Sl. No.: 26) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency include Jashipur block, Raruan block, Sukruli block and 9 GPs (Badhatnabeda, Chuapani, Dhangdimuta, Hatbadra, Jarada, Jhipabandh, Talapati, Tolakpokhari and Uparbeda) of Kusumi block. ^{[2] [3]} Many villages consisting of small clusters of houses are located near Jashipur like Kanjipia, Keunjhar etc.

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Kamala Kanta Nayak, defeated Independent candidate Sambhunath Naik by a margin of 13,190 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009			29.97%
2004			25.92%
2000			29.86%
1995			25.11%
1990			40.88%
1985			25.89%
1980			41.16%
1977			54.97%

13 elections held during 1957 to 2009. List of members elected from Jashipur Vidhan Sabha constituency are: ^[6]

• 2009: (26): Kamala Kanta Nayak (BJD)
• 2004: (2): Sambhunath Nayak (Independent)
• 2000: (2): Bhanucharan Nayak (BJP)
• 1995: (2): Sambhunath Nayak (Independent)
• 1990: (2): Mangal Singh Madhi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (2): Sambhunath Nayak (Independent)
• 1980: (2): Sundar Mohan Majhi (Congress-I)
• 1977: (2): Kahnuram Hembram (Janata Party)
• 1974: (2): Ghanashyam Hembram (Independent)
• 1971: (2): Lal Mohan Nayak (Congress)
• 1967: (2): Durga Charan Nayak (Swatantra)
• 1961: (135): Mochiram Tiriya (Congress)
• 1957: (97): Mochiram Tiriya (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jashipur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Golakbihari Nayak
	INC	Mahendra Nath Nayak
	BJP	Ganesh Ram Sing Khuntia
	AITC	Akshay Kumar Naik
	ANC	Jagannath Soren
	SUCI(C)	Shambhu Nath Naik
	BMP	Sunaram Murmu
	RIM	Nalini Ranjan Hembram
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Naik
	Independent	Managovinda Nayak
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jashipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AOP	Bhimsen Naik
	BJD	Mangal Singh Mudi
	BJP	Dr. Ragunath Hembram
	BSP	Delha Soren
	INC	Minati Nayak
	JMM	Mahesh Chandra Hembram
	OJM	Dillip Naik
	SUCI(C)	Shambhu Nath Naik
	JDP	Baiju Majhi
	AJSU	Manju Singh
	Kalinga Sena	Sukalal Tudu
	Independent	Mina Kumari Rout
	Independent	Ajit Kumar Naik
	Independent	Dhanurjay Laguri
	NOTA	None of the above			-
Registered electors

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jashipur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kamala Kanta Nayak	35,569	29.97	-
	Independent	Sambhunath Naik	22,379	18.86	-
	BJP	Sudhir Naik	16,974	14.30	-
	Independent	Mahesh Chandra Hembram	13,422	11.31	-
	INC	Mahendra Nath Nayak	13,318	11.22	-
	JMM	Masuri Chattar	9,391	7.91	-
	SP	Minati Tiriya	1,844	1.55	-
	Samruddha Odisha	Rensa Sirka	1,710	1.44	-
	BSP	Bijayini Tiria	1,167	0.98	-
	RPD	Agnishwar Naik	1,044	0.88	-
	Rashtrawadi Sena	Dasarathi Naik	982	0.83	-
	Kalinga Sena	Girish Chattar	890	0.75	-
Majority			13,190	11.11 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,18,951	69.48	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-IV) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.