Junagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Junagarh
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Kalahandi
Blocks	Junagarh, Golamunda
Electorate	2,15,715 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Junagarh
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Dibya Shankar Mishra
Const. No.	78
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Kalahandi

Junagarh (Sl. No.: 78) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha, India. ^[2]

This constituency includes Junagarh, Junagarh block and Golamunda block. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gobardhan Dash by a margin of 17,728 votes. ^[5]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [6]
2009			31.48%
2004			36.36%
2000			47.62%
1995			32.81%
1990			43.02%
1985			51.65%
1980			46.67%
1977			43.67%

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Junagarh constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2014: (78): Dibya Shankar Mishra(BJD)
• 2009: (78): Gobardhan Dash (Congress)
• 2004: (98): Himanshu Shekhar Meher (BJP)
• 2000: (98): Himanshu Shekhar Meher (BJP)
• 1995: (98): Bikram Keshari Deo (BJP)
• 1990: (98): Bikram Keshari Deo (BJP)
• 1985: (98): Bikram Keshari Deo (Janata Party)
• 1980: (98): Maheshwar Barad (Congress-I)
• 1977: (98): Maheshwar Barad (Congress)
• 1974: (98): Udit Pratap Deo (Swatantra Party)
• 1971: (92): Trinath Sarab (Swatantra Party)
• 1967: (92): Maheswar Naik (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (37): Maheswar Naik (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (20): P. K. Deo (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dibya Shankar Mishra	83,789	45.83%
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Meher
	INC	Anil Kumar Singh Deo
	SP	Shiba Hati
	BMP	Kirti Chandra Goud
	API	Jatindra Sahu
	Independent	Priyabrata Sipka
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dibya Sankar Mishra	56443	34.21	-
	BJP	Anil Kumar Singh Deo	46498	28.19	-
	INC	Gobardhan Dash	38715	23.47	-
	SP	Hara Prasad Bag	4731	2.87	-
	CPI	Damodar Behera	4166	2.53	-
	SAMO	Jatish Chandra Mohanty	2144	1.30	-
	AAP	Chinmaya Behera	1413	0.86	-
	AOP	Umakanta Tandi	1868	1.13	-
	BSP	Manmath Benupani	1800	1.09	-
	OJM	Pradeep Kumar Padhi	653	0.40	-
	BMUP	Suresh Chandan	818	0.50	-
	Kalinga Sena	Rajesh Kumar Mund	822	0.50	-
	RPI(A)	Sobharam Roul	657	0.40	-
	Independent	Sudhanidhi Naik	1498	0.91	-
	NOTA	None	2747	1.67	-

2009 Election Result

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gobardhan Dash	45,349	31.48	-
	BJD	Bira Sipka	38,812	26.94	-
	BJP	Himansu Sekhar Meher	34,334	23.83	-
	Independent	Suratha Sahu	6,118	4.25	-
	SP	Siba Hati	5,743	3.99	-
	BSP	Bamdev Durga	3,438	2.39	-
	SAMO	Satya Ranjan Behera	3,284	2.28	-
	LJP	Chintamani Bag	2,145	1.49	-
	Independent	Duryodhan Majhi	1,748	1.21	-
	Independent	Binod Kumar Nayak	1,662	1.15	-
	RPI(A)	Panchanan Dhangdamajhi	1,416	0.98	-
Majority			6,537	4.54 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,44,053	69.76	-
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.79 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 66.97%

External links

• Discover Junagarh

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Junagarh (78) District: Kalahandi
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "Orissa Election Result 2014 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 17,728
6. "98 - Junagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
8. "Junagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.