Jeypore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Jeypore
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Koraput
Blocks	Jeypore, Borigumma
Electorate	1,87,036 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Jeypore
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Congress
MLA	Tara Prasad Bahinipati
Const. No.	143
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Koraput

Jeypore (Sl. No.: 143) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Jeypore, Jeypore block, 19 Gram panchayats (BB.Singpur, Benagam, Bodigam, Borigumma, Champapadar, Gujuniguda, Gumuda, Haridaguda, Hordali, Kamta, Katharagada, Kumuli, Munja, Narigam, Nuagam, Ranaspur, Sargiguda, Semolaguda and Benasur) of Borigumma block. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2014 election, Congress party candidate Tara Prasad Bahinipati defeated incumbent Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Nanda.

In 2019 election, Congress party candidate Tara Prasad Bahinipati retained his seat after a close contest ^[5] between Congress , BJD and BJP.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [6]
2009			46.12%
2004			55.54%
2000			57.60%
1995			53.27%
1990			47.69%
1985			71.27%
1980			69.46%
1977			55.21%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Jeypore constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2019: (143): Tara Prasad Bahinipati (Congress)
• 2014: (143): Tara Prasad Bahinipati (Congress)
• 2009: (143): Rabi Narayan Nanda (BJD)
• 2004: (89): Rabi Narayan Nanda (BJD)
• 2000: (89): Rabi Narayan Nanda (BJD)
• 1995: (89): Raghunath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1990: (89): Raghunath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1985: (89): Gupta Prasad Dash (Congress) ^[9]
• 1980: (89): Raghunath Patnaik (Congress-I)
• 1977: (89): Raghunath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1974: (82): Raghunath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1971: (82): Pratap Narayan Singh Deo (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (4): N. Ramsaseya (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (82): Raghunath Patnaik (Congress)
• 1957: (3): Laichan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad) and Harihara Mishra ^[9] (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (4): Laichan Nayak (Ganatantra Parishad) and Harihar Mishra ^[9] (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jeypore ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabi Narayan Nanda
	INC	Tara Prasad Bahinipati
	BJP	Goutam Samantray
	BSP	Krushna Chandra Sagaria
	API	Pradeepta Mohan Takri
	ABHM	Mahendra Kumar Patra
	Independent	Subash Chandra Goudo
	Independent	B.Hari Rao
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jeypore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabinarayan Nanda
	INC	Tara Prasad Bahinipati
	BJP	Bhrugu Baksipatra
	AAP	Manoranjan Nayak
	AITC	Mahendra Patra
	CPI	Susanta Adhikari
	OJM	Gautam Samantrai
	BSP	Sada Nayak
	Independent	Santosh Das
	Independent	Jan Bahadur

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jeypore ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabi Narayan Nanda	57,504	46.12	-9.42
	BJP	Tara Prasad Bahinipati	48,188	38.65	-
	INC	K. Nagraj Dora	9,398	7.54	-
	Independent	Neela Madhab (Bulu) Bishoi	1,982	1.59	-
	BSP	Subash Chandra Goudo	1,683	1.35	-
	SAMO	Susama Sukla	1,380	1.11	-
	LSP	V. Ramachandra Rao	1,028	0.82	-
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Prabir Patra	998	0.80	-
	Kalinga Sena	Santosh Kumar Nanda	908	0.73	-
	CPI(ML)L	Susanta Kumar Panda	807	0.65	-
	RSP	Balaram Khora	800	0.64	-
Majority			9,316	7.47 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,24,685	70.10	-
	BJD hold		Swing	0.41 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 69.69%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2014. Constituency: Jeypore (144) District: Koraput
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "Jeypore Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Jeypore Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
6. "89 - Jeypore Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
7. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
8. "Jeypore Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
9. http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/listofmem1.asp%5B%5D
10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.