Lanjigarh Assembly constituency

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

Lanjigarh (ST)
Constituency No. 77 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
LS constituency	Kalahandi
Established	2009
Total electors	193,238 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pradip Kumar Dishari
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

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

This constituency includes Lanjigarh block, Thuamul Rampur block and 16 Gram panchayats (Anlabhata, Badakarlakot, Badpujhariaguda, Baner, Bhainripali, Dhansuli, Hirapur, Jaipatna, Kuchagaon, Mangalpur, Mukhiguda, Paikkendumundi, Pratappur, Rengalpalli, Sargiguda and Uchhula) of Jaipatna block and 8 GPs (Risigaon, Duarsuni, Sagada, Jugsaipatna, Chancher, Kuturukhamar, Malgaon and Tal Belgaon) of Bhawanipatna block. ^{[3] [4]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[5] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			34.09%
2019			38.28%
2014			43.47%
2009			34.47%

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

List of members elected from Lanjigarh constituency are:

Year	Member	Party
2024	Pradip Kumar Dishari		BJD
2019	Pradip Kumar Dishari		BJD
2014	Balabhadra Majhi [6]		BJD
2009	Shibaji Majhi		INC

Election results

2024

In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Dishari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Balabhadra Majhi by a margin of 6,501 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Lanjigarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Dishari	60,254	34.09	4.19
	INC	Balabhadra Majhi	53,753	30.41	0.91
	BJP	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	49,113	27.78	3.39
	NOTA	None of the above	4,123	2.33	0.38
	BSP	Mohansingh Majhi	2,498	1.41	0.59
	Independent	Phulame Majhi	2,065	1.17	N/A
	Independent	Suresh Majhi	1,917	1.08	N/A
	AIFB	Uddhaba Naik	1,629	0.92	N/A
	SP	Rakshi Nayak	1,416	0.80	N/A
Majority			6,501	3.68	5.10
Turnout			1,76,768
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradip Kumar Dishari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sibaji Majhi by a margin of 14,308 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Lanjigarh ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradip Kumar Dishari	62,413	38.28	5.19
	INC	Sibaji Majhi	48,105	29.50	2.67
	BJP	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	39,777	24.39	6.51
	BSP	Suresh Majhi	3,255	2.00	0.63
	SKD	Udhaba Munda	1,316	0.81	0.36
	BMP	Raj Kishore Dalpati	1,932	1.18	0.11
	GGP	Baishnab Majhi	1,262	0.77
	Independent	Uddhaba Naik	1,823	1.12
	NOTA	None of the above	3,181	1.95
Majority			14,308	8.78
Turnout			163064	75.57
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradip Kumar Dishari by a margin of 24,895 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Lanjigarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Balabhadra Majhi	65,033	43.47	11.27
	INC	Pradip Kumar Dishari	40,138	26.83	7.64
	BJP	Bijaya Dishari	26,744	17.88	3.40
	SAMO	Mahendra Kumar Majhi	2,094	1.40	0.58
	BSP	Sobha Majhi	2,045	1.37	1.20
	AAP	Lala Bahadur Jani	1,771	1.18
	AOP	Kiran Kumar Majhi	1,204	0.80
	SP	Suresh Majhi	1,313	0.88	1.59
	SKD	Kabi Majhi	674	0.45
	OJM	Bishnu Charan Bhoi	1,099	0.73
	BMP	Chandramani Naik	1,603	1.07
	CPI(ML)L	Sanatan Majhi	1,091	0.73
	NOTA	None of the above	4,782	3.20
Majority			24,895	17.19
	BJD gain from INC		Swing

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Shibaji Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Balabhadra Majhi by a margin of 3,039 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Lanjigarh ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shibaji Majhi	46,138	34.47	−
	BJD	Balabhadra Majhi	43,099	32.20	−
	BJP	Bijaya Dishari	28,482	21.28	−
	Independent	Suresh Chandra Majhi	4,522	3.38	−
	BSP	Bhala Majhi	3,445	2.57	−
	SP	Paramananda Majhi	3,311	2.47	−
	SAMO	Bijaya Laxmi Sabar	2,649	1.98	−
	Independent	Manoranjan Majhi	2,211	1.65	−
Majority			3,039	2.27 [lower-alpha 2]	−
Turnout			1,33,862	68.70	−
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes

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: Lanjigarh (77) District: Kalahandi
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI .
6. "Lanjigarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
7. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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