Jeypore Assembly constituency

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

Jeypore
Constituency No. 143 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
LS constituency	Koraput
Established	1951
Total electors	1,87,036 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tara Prasad Bahinipati
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Jeypore is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha. ^[2]

Map of Jeypore Constituency

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]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			41.89%
2019			37.87%
2014			44.62%
2009			46.12%
2004			55.54%
2000			57.60%
1995			53.27%
1990			47.69%
1985			71.27%
1980			69.46%
1977			55.21%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1969. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Jeypore constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Tara Prasad Bahinipati [8] [9]		INC
2019
2014
2009	Rabi Narayan Nanda		BJD
2004
2000
1995	Raghunath Patnaik		INC
1990
1985	Gupta Prasad Das [10]
1980	Raghunath Patnaik
1977
1974
1971	Pratap Narayan Singh Deo		SWA
1969 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 2]
1967	Ramseshaiah N.
1961	Raghunath Patnaik		INC
1957 [lower-alpha 3]	Laichhan Naik		AIGP
	Harihar Mishra
1951 [lower-alpha 4]	Laichhan Naik
	Harihar Mishra

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[11] In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Tara Prasad Bahinipati defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Indira Nanda by a margin of 13,111 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jeypore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tara Prasad Bahinipati	69,592	41.89	4.02
	BJD	Indira Nanda	56,481	34.00	0.42
	BJP	Goutam Samantray	31,107	18.72	2.69
	NOTA	None of the above	2,367	1.42
Majority			13,111	7.89
Turnout			1,66,143	77.48	2.90
	INC hold

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Tara Prasad Bahinipati defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Nanda by a margin of 5,451 votes. ^[12]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jeypore ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tara Prasad Bahinipati	59,785	37.87
	BJD	Rabi Narayan Nanda	54334	34.42
	BJP	Goutam Samantray	33805	21.41
	BSP	Krushna Chandra Sagaria	2876	1.82
	NOTA	None of the above	2397	1.52
	API	Pradeepta Mohan Takri	1275	0.81
	Independent	B.Hari Rao	1216	0.77
	Independent	Subash Chandra Goudo	1103	0.7
	ABHM	Mahendra Kumar Patra	1071	0.68
Majority			5451	3.45
Turnout			157862	74.58
	INC hold

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Tara Prasad Bahinipati defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Nanda by a margin of 8367 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jeypore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tara Prasad Bahinipati	65,378	44.62
	BJD	Rabi Narayan Nanda	57011	38.91
	BJP	Bhrugu Baxipatra	14462	9.87
	AAP	Manoranjan Nayak	738	0.5
	AITC	Mahendra Kumar Patra	840	0.57
	CPI	Sushanta Kumar Adhikari	879	0.6
	Odisha Jana Morcha	Goutam Samantray	1013	0.69%
	BSP	Sada Nayak	1115	0.75%
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Das	1236	0.85
	Independent	Jan Bahadur	923	0.63
Majority			8367	5.71
Turnout			146572	78
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Nanda defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tara Prasad Bahinipati by a margin of 9,316 votes.

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jeypore ^[14]

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 5]	-
Turnout			1,24,685	70.10	-
	BJD hold		Swing	0.41 [lower-alpha 6]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Death of Ramseshaiah N.
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. %of total valid votes
6. 2004 Voter turnout was 69.69%

References

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4. Seats of Odisha
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