Junagarh Assembly constituency

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

Junagarh
Constituency No. 78 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
LS constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1951
Total electors	2,15,715 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dibya Shankar Mishra
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Junagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha, India. ^[2]

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

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			38.64%
2019			45.83%
2014			34.21%
2009			31.48%
2004			36.36%
2000			47.62%
1995			32.81%
1990			43.02%
1985			51.65%
1980			46.67%
1977			43.67%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1998. It was a 2 member constituency in 1952.

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

Year	Member [8]	Party
1951	Pratap Keshari Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
	Dayanidhi Naik
1957-61 : Constituency did not exist
1961	Maheswar Naik		Swatantra Party
1967
1971	Trinath Sarab
1974	Udit Pratap Deo
1977	Maheswar Barad		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Bikram Keshari Deo		Janata Party
1990			Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1998^	Himansu Sekhar Meher
2000
2004
2009	Gobardhan Dash		Indian National Congress
2014	Dibya Shankar Mishra		Biju Janata Dal
2019
2024

Election results

2024

In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dibya Shankar Mishra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoj Kumar Meher by a margin of 1,338 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Junagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dibya Shankar Mishra	77,037	38.64	7.19
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Meher	75,699	37.97	7.38
	INC	Tuleswar Naik	39,492	19.81	2.12
	NOTA	None of the above	2,735	1.37	0.12
	Independent	Parameswar Kand	1,471	0.74	N/A
	Independent	Sudhanidhi Naik	1,309	0.66	N/A
Majority			1,338	0.67	14.57
Turnout			1,99,354
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dibya Shankar Mishra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoj Kumar Meher by a margin of 27,859 votes. ^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dibya Shankar Mishra	83,789	45.83	11.62
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Meher	55,930	30.59	2.40
	INC	Anil Kumar Singh Deo	32,343	17.69	5.78
	SP	Shiba Hati	3,203	1.75
	BMP	Kirti Chandra Goud	1,702	0.93
	API	Jatindra Sahu	2,045	1.12
	NOTA	None of the above	2,290	1.25
Majority			27,859	15.24
Turnout			182838	78.55
	BJD hold

2014

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. ^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dibya Sankar Mishra	56,443	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	−
Majority			17,728	6.02
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Gobardhan Dash defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bira Sipka by a margin of 6,537 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Junagarh ^[12]

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

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