Paralakhemundi Assembly constituency

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

Paralakhemundi
Constituency No. 137 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Gajapati
LS constituency	Berhampur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,10,531
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi
Party	BJD
Elected year	2024

Paralakhemundi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Gajapati district, Odisha. ^[1]

Map of Paralakhemundi Constituency

This constituency includes Paralakhemundi Municipality, Kashinagara NAC, Goshani block, Gumma block and Kashinagara block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			37.58%
2019			35.92%
2014			45.2%
2009			49.53%
2004			43.52%
2000			71.80%
1995			28.22%
1990			63.21%
1985			47.65%
1980			33.00%
1977			33.37%

Since its formation in 1951, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952.

List of members elected from Paralakhemundi constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi		BJD
2019	Koduru Narayana Rao [7]		BJP
2014	Kengam Surya Rao		INC
2009	Koduru Narayana Rao		BJD
2004	Trinath Sahu		INC
2000
1995
1990	Darapu Lachana Naidu		JD
1985	Trinath Sahu		INC
1980	Bijoy Kumar Jena		Independent
1977
1974	Kurma Naikulu N.		Utkal Congress
1971	Darapu Lachana Naidu		SWA
1967	Kurma Naikulu N.		INC
1961
1956 : Constituency did not exist
1951 [lower-alpha 1]	Appena Dora Biswasrai		Independent
	Jagannath Mishra		CPI

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[8] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Koduru Narayana Rao by a margin of 3,998 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi	56,027	37.58	19.32
	BJP	Koduru Narayana Rao	52,029	34.90	1.02
	INC	Bijay Kumar Patnaik	35,674	23.93	7.46
	NOTA	None of the above	1,488	1.00
Majority			3,998	2.68
Turnout			1,49,069	67.91	1.36
	BJD gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Konduru Narayan Rao defeated Independent candidate Trirupati Panigrahy by a margin of 15,335 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Konduru Narayan Rao	52,415	35.92
	Independent	Trirupati Panigrahy	37080	25.41
	BJD	Kalyani Gajapati	26645	18.26
	INC	Kengam Surya Rao	24040	16.47
	NOTA	None of the above	1944	1.33
	Independent	Kedar Sabar	1572	1.08
	BSP	Gouri Shankar Mahanandia	1133	0.78
	SKD	Sunil Kumar Pattnaik	1098	0.75
Majority			15335	10.51
Turnout			145927	69.27
	BJP gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Kengam Surya Rao defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Koduru Narayana Rao by a margin of 1419 votes. ^[11]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kengam Surya Rao	61,014	45.1	6.5
	BJD	Koduru Narayana Rao	59,595	44.1	-7.0
	BJP	Tripati Nayak	6,938	5.1	-0.74
	Independent	Kedar Shabar	1370	1.0
	CPI(M)	Lalichetti Ramgopal Rao	1,239	0.91
	OJM	Amit Kumar Patnaik	874	0.6
	AAP	Sisir Kumar Bhanja Samanta	579	0.32
	AITC	Sujit Pradhan	533	0.30
	AOP	Sabita Sahukar	464	0.3
	CPI(ML)L	Trinath Panda	446	0.3
	SKD	Meenaketan Jenna	401	0.29
	NOTA	None of the above	1548	1.15	-
Majority			1,419	1.05
Turnout			1,35,001	70.03	6.31
Registered electors			1,92,782
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Koduru Narayana Rao defeated Indian National Congress candidate Trinath Sahu by a margin of 14,941 votes. ^[14]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Koduru Narayana Rao	58,528	51.10	-
	INC	Trinath Sahu	43,587	38.06	-
	BJP	T. Kuranna	6,686	5.84	-
	Independent	Jakubo Raito	2,160	1.89	-
	Kalinga Sena	Kailash Chandra Mali	1,167	1.02	-
	SAMO	Sasmita Rajguru	847	0.74	-
	Independent	Bibekananda Behera	789	0.69	-
	CPI(ML)L	Bidyadhar Patro	762	0.67	-
Majority			14,941	13.05 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,14,556	63.72	3.43 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.29%

References

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