Jatani Assembly constituency

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

Jatani
Constituency No. 115 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Jatani Assembly constituency in Khordha district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Khordha
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhubaneswar
Established	1974
Total electors	2,47,101 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Jatani is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India. ^[1]

This constituency includes Jatani, Jatani block and 6 Gram panchayats (Gadahaladia, Keranga, Malipur, Tangiapada, Pubusahi and Nalipada-Arjunpur) of Khurda block and 10 GPs (Padhanasahi, Chandaka, Darutheng, Andharua, Paikerapur, Mendhasal, Tamando, Nanput, Kantabad and Ranasinghpur) of Bhubaneswar block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			39.06%
2019			42.94%
2014			41.92%
2009			47.85%
2004			49.59%
2000			46.98%
1995			49.24%
1990			53.49%
1985			46.56%
1980			61.96%
1977			51.39%

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

List of members elected from Jatani constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2024 [7]	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray		Biju Janata Dal
2019 [8]	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress
2014 [6]	Bhagirathi Badajena		Biju Janata Dal
2009 [9]	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray		Biju Janata Dal
2004	Sarat Chandra Paikray
2000	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress
1995
1990	Sarat Chandra Paikray		Janata Dal
1985	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977			Janata Party
1974	Satyapriya Mohanty		Utkal Congress

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[10] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Biswaranjan Badajena by a margin of 25,221 votes. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Jatani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray	68,162	39.06	0.82
	BJP	Biswaranjan Badajena	42,941	24.61	8.24
	INC	Santosh Kumar Jena	42,629	24.43	18.51
	NOTA	None of the above	1,449	0.83	0.03
Majority			25,221	14.45
Turnout			1,74,518	70.63
	BJD gain from INC

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Kumar Routray defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray by a margin of 7,522 votes. ^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jatani ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kumar Routray	68,841	42.94	4.97
	BJD	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray	61,319	38.24	3.67
	BJP	Biswaranjan Badajena	26,256	16.37	4.64
	NOTA	None of the above	1,284	0.80
Majority			7,522	4.70
Turnout			1,60,312	67.46
	INC gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhagirathi Badajena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Kumar Routray by a margin of 5747 votes. ^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jatani ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bhagirathi Badajena	60,976	41.92	−
	INC	Suresh Kumar Routray	55,229	37.97	−
	BJP	Sudipta Kumar Ray	17,085	11.74	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,564	1.08	−
Majority			5,747	3.95 [c]	−
Turnout			1,45,469	70.35	9.85
Registered electors			2,06,792
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Kumar Routray by a margin of 14,925 votes. ^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jatani ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray	55,573	47.85	−
	INC	Suresh Kumar Routray	40,648	35.00	−
	Independent	Sarat Chandra Paikray	8,756	7.54	−
	BJP	Sudipta Ray	7,812	6.73	−
Majority			14,925	12.85 [d]	−
Turnout			1,16,142	60.50 [e]	2.81
Registered electors			1,91,962
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes
4. %of total valid votes
5. 2004 Voter turnout was 63.31%

References

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6. "Jatni Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
7. "Jatani Assembly Election Results 2024: Jatani Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
8. Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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