Jharigam Assembly constituency

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

Jharigam
Constituency No. 74 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Nabarangpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Nabarangpur
Established	2009
Total electors	2,17,126 [a] [b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Narsing Bhatra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Jharigam is an Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency in Nabarangpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

This constituency includes Jharigam block, Chandahandi block and 10 Gram panchayats (Badabharandi, Badakumari, Bhamini, Benora, Singisari, Bhandariguda, Chikalpadar, Hirapur, Karagam and Rajpur) of Umerkote block. ^{[2] [3]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			42.33%
2019			44.58%
2014			41.99%
2009			45.72%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024 [7]	Narsing Bhatra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [8]	Prakash Chandra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
2014 [9]	Ramesh Chandra Majhi
2009 [10]

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 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Narsing Bhatra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Majhi by a margin of 3,278 votes. ^[7]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jharigam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narsing Bhatra	76,748	42.33	19.64
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	73,470	40.52	4.06
	INC	Harabati Gond	25,577	14.11	12.51
	NOTA	None of the above	5,514	3.04	0.22
Majority			3,278	1.81	16.15
Turnout			1,81,309	83.5
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prakash Chandra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Uldhar Majhi by a margin of 31,370 votes. ^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jharigam ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prakash Chandra Majhi	77,881	44.58
	INC	Uldhar Majhi	46,511	26.62
	BJP	Parsuram Majhi	39,631	22.69
	NOTA	None of the above	5,689	3.26
Majority			31,370	17.96
Turnout			1,74,696	82.24
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Uldhar Majhi by a margin of 11,196 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jharigam ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	65,254	41.99	3.73
	INC	Uldhar Majhi	54,058	34.78	7.66
	BJP	Kumar Pujari	14,010	9.01	2.03
	NOTA	None of the above	9,498	6.11
Majority			11,196	7.20	11.4
Turnout			1,55,415	80.86	11.42
Registered electors			1,92,205
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jalandhar Majhi by a margin of 22,276 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jharigam ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	54,767	45.72	−
	INC	Jalandhar Majhi	32,491	27.12	−
	BJP	Sona Majhi	13,226	11.04	−
Majority			22,276	18.60 [c]	−
Turnout			1,19,791	69.44	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. %of total valid votes

References

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