Jharsuguda Assembly constituency

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

Jharsuguda
Constituency No. 7 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jharsuguda
LS constituency	Bargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	1,97,147
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tankadhar Tripathy
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Jharsuguda is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharsuguda district. ^[1]

Map of Jharsuguda Constituency

It includes Jharsuguda, Kirmira block, Laikera block, Kolabira block and part of Jharsuguda block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			47.69%
2023 (bypoll)			60.93%
2019			55.97%
2014			45.1%
2009			49.28%
2004			52.04%
2000			69.10%
1995			43.36%
1990			38.16%
1985			66.18%
1980			58.16%
1977			49.08%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 2023. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Jharsuguda constituency are ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
As Jharsuguda Constituency
2024	Tankadhar Tripathy		BJP
2023 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 1]	Dipali Das [6]		BJD
2019	Naba Kishore Das [7] [8]
2014			INC
2009
2004	Kishore Kumar Mohanty		BJD
2000
1995	Birendra Pandey		INC
1990	Kishore Kumar Mohanty		JD
1985	Birendra Pandey		INC
1980
1977	Sairindri Nayak
1974
1971	Jhasaketana Sahu		INC(R)
1967	Murali Prasad Mishra		SWA
1961	Binod Behari Singh Bariha		INC
1957 [lower-alpha 2]	Manohar Singh Naik		AIGP
	Bijoy Kumar Pani
As Jharsuguda-Rampella Constituency
1951 [lower-alpha 3]	Manohar Singh Naik		AIGP
	Bijoy Kumar Pani		INC

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[9] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tankadhar Tripathy defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dipali Das by a margin of 1,333 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jharsuguda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tankadhar Tripathy	91,105	47.69	14.45
	BJD	Dipali Das	89,772	47	13.93
	INC	Amita Biswal	5,775	3.02	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	1,297	0.68	0.5
Majority			1,333	0.67	26.73
Turnout			1,91,020	78.5
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

2023 Bypoll

In 2023 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dipali Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tankadhar Tripathy by 48,721 votes.

2023 Odisha Vidhan Sabha by-election: Jharsuguda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dipali Das	107,198	60.93	4.87
	BJP	Tankadhar Tripathy	58,477	33.24	3.15
	INC	Tarun Pandey	4,496	2.56	8.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,074	1.18
Majority			48,271	27.4
Turnout			1,75,932
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naba Kishore Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dinesh Kumar Jain by 45,699 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jharsuguda ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Naba Kishore Das	98,620	55.97	17.87
	BJP	Dinesh Kumar Jain	52,921	30.04	17.30
	INC	Mahendra Naik	18,823	10.68	34.42
	BSP	Kartikeswar Ghugar	992	0.56	0.16
	KOKD	Prasanta Patel	606	0.34	0.07
	OPD	Punyaban Naik	732	0.42	−
	PSP (L)	Debananda Barik	716	0.41	−
	Independent	Rekha Hota	558	0.32	−
	Independent	Snehalata Naik	779	0.44	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,440	0.82	−
Majority			45,699	25.93
Turnout			1,76.187	78.92
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Naba Kishore Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty by 11,563 votes. ^{[12] [13]}

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jharsuguda ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Naba Kishore Das	74,499	45.1	4.18
	BJD	Kishore Kumar Mohanty	62,936	38.1	6.52
	BJP	Anand Pradhan	21,047	12.74	0.87
	CPI	Basudeb Bhoi	2,052	1.24	−
	AAP	Parikhita Panigrahi	833	0.5	−
	KOKD	Satyabhama Dhurua	680	0.41	−
	BSP	Bhaskar Gardia	660	0.4	0.65
	CPI(ML)L	Hiralal Dhurua	572	0.35	−
	SKD	Guru Prasad Rout	455	0.28	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,463	0.89	−
Majority			11,563	6.99
Turnout			1,65,197	83.79	11.08
Registered electors			1,97,147
	INC hold

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Naba Kishore Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty by 22,516 votes. ^[16]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jharsuguda ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Naba Kishore Das	62,663	49.28	−
	BJD	Kishore Kumar Mohanty	40,147	31.58	−
	BJP	Dinesh Kumar Jain	15,095	11.87	−
	Independent	Badal Bihari Das	1,664	1.31	−
	KKD	Purna Chandra Nayak	1,384	1.09	−
	BSP	Bijay Kumar Jalan	1,339	1.05	−
	Independent	Hiralal Dhurua	1,188	0.93	−
	Independent	Pradip Kumar Patel	977	0.77	−
	Independent	Pankaj Chhatria	622	0.49	−
	Independent	Mitrabhanu Patel	617	0.49	−
	SAMO	Banamali Kishan	578	0.45	−
	Independent	Ramprasad Sahu	536	0.42	−
	Independent	Bhubneswar Gadia	335	0.26	−
Majority			22,516	17.71 [lower-alpha 4]
Turnout			1,27,151	72.71
	INC gain from BJD

See also

• List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
• Jharsuguda district

Notes

1. Death of Naba Kishore Das
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. %of total valid votes

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