Paradeep Assembly constituency

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

Paradeep
Constituency No. 101 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Paradeep Assembly constituency in Jagatsinghpur district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Jagatsinghpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jagatsinghpur
Established	2009
Total electors	2,20,649 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sampad Chandra Swain
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Paradeep is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

This constituency includes Paradeep, Kujang block and 7 Gram panchayats (Amberi, Kolar, Samantarapur, Poragadei, Manijanga, Bodhei and Jadatira) of Tirtol block. ^{[2] [3]}

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation ^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			51.55%
2019			44.73%
2014			59.15%
2009			53.21%

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

List of members elected Paradeep constituency are: ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024 [6]	Sampad Chandra Swain		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [7]	Sambit Routray		Biju Janata Dal
2014 [8]	Damodar Rout
2009 [9]

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 1 June 2024 in the 4th phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sampad Chandra Swain defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Geetanjali Routray by a margin of 15,787 votes. ^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sampad Chandra Swain	84,518	51.55
	BJD	Gitanjali Routray	68,731	41.92
	INC	Niranjan Nayak	7,610	4.64
	NOTA	None of the above	491	0.3
Majority			15,787	9.63
Turnout			1,63,951	74.3
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sambit Routray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Arindam Sarkhel by a margin of 20,992 votes. ^[7]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sambit Routray	69,871	44.73
	INC	Arindam Sarkhel	48,879	31.29
	BJP	Sampad Chandra Swain	35,037	22.43
	NOTA	None of the above	495	0.32
Majority			20,992	13.44
Turnout			1,56,208	73.73
	BJD hold

2014

In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Damodar Rout defeated Indian National Congress candidate Arindam Sarkhel by a margin of 38,600 votes. ^[8]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Damodar Rout	85,206	59.15	5.94
	INC	Arindam Sarkhel	46,606	32.35	21.43
	BJP	Diptirekha Nayak	5,832	4.05	1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	926	0.64	−
Majority			38,600	26.79	2.64
Turnout			144055	76.63	9.01
Registered electors			1,87,991
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Damodar Rout defeated Independent candidate Ramesh Samantaray by a margin of 30,351 votes. ^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Damodar Rout	66,863	53.21	−
	Independent	Ramesh Samantaray	36,512	29.05	−
	INC	Pramod Kishore Jena	13,718	10.92	−
	BJP	Sankhanada Behera	3,652	2.91	−
Majority			30,351	24.15 [c]	−
Turnout			1,25,681	67.62	−
Registered electors			1,85,874
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes

References

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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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5. "Paradeep Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
6. "Paradeep Assembly Election Results 2024: Paradeep Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday". India Today. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
8. "Constituency Wise Odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 30351
10. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
11. "Odisha - Paradeep". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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