Karanjia Assembly constituency

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

Karanjia (ST)
Constituency No. 30 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
LS constituency	Keonjhar
Established	1957
Total electors	1,51,651
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Basanti Hembram
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Karanjia is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Karanjia town, Karanjia block, Thakurmunda block and 9 GPs (Padmapokhari, Ramachandrapur, Labnyadeipur, Dewanbahali, Ranipokhari, Sarat, Nota, Sardiha and Kalamgadia) of Kaptipada block of Mayurbhanj district. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			43.48%
2019			42.65%
2014			29.83%
2009			37.31%
2004			41.02%
2000			47.20%
1995			35.06%
1990			61.39%
1985			45.35%
1980			39.21%
1977			57.18%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Karanjia constituency are: ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Padma Charan Haiburu		BJP
2019	Basanti Hembram [6]		BJD
2014	Bijay Kumar Nayak		BJD
2009	Bijay Kumar Nayak		BJD
2004	Ajit Hembram		BJD
2000	Padma Charan Haiburu		Independent
1995	Raghunath Hembram		JD
1990	Raghunath Hembram		JD
1985	Karunakar Naik		INC
1980	Raghunath Hembram		JP(S)
1977	Raghunath Hembram		JP
1974	Karunakar Naik		INC
1971	Prafulla Kumar Das		SWA
1967	Prafulla Kumar Das		SWA
1961	Pravakar Behera		INC
1957	Lal Saheb Nalini Chandra Bhanj Deo		AIGP

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Karanjia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Basanti Hembram
	BJP	Padmacharan Haibru
	INC	Laxmidhar Singh
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Basanti Hembram defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Padma Charan Haiburu by a margin of 8763 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Basanti Hembram	60,064	42.65
	BJP	Padma Charan Haiburu	51301	36.43
	INC	Sudam Charan Naik	10840	7.7
	NOTA	None of the above	1989	1.41
Majority			8763	6.22
Turnout			140828	75.41
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijay Kumar Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jyostna Bhansingh by a margin of 13,551 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijay Kumar Nayak	38,609	29.83%	−
	BJP	Jyostna Bhansingh	25,058	19.36%	−
	Independent	Padma Charan Haiburu	24,030	18.56%	−
	INC	Baidyanath Sing	19,226	14.85%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	2,531	1.96%	−
Majority			13,551	10.47
Turnout			1,29,444	78.13
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijay Kumar Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jabamani Tudu by a margin of 21,401 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijay Kumar Nayak	38,934	37.31
	INC	Jabamani Tudu	17,533	16.80
	BJP	Sumantra Naik	16,687	15.99
	Independent	Padma Charan Haiburu	14,597	13.99
Majority			21,401	20.51 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			1,04,527	68.93
	BJD hold

Notes

1. % of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 9 February 2014. Constituency: Karanjia (30) District : Mayurbhanj
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "1 - Karanjia Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
6. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
7. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014. 21401
10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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