Parjanga Assembly constituency

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

Parjang
Constituency No. 58 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Dhenkanal
LS constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	2004
Total electors	1,79,908
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nrusingha Charan Sahu
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

Parjang is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha. ^[1]

Area of this constituency includes Parjang block, Kankadahada block and 5 GPs (Kusumajodi, Kantapal, Tumusinga, Kantiokateni and Kantioputasahi) of Kamakshyanagar block. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dr. Nrusingha Sahu defeated BJP candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 5,188 votes. ^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2014			40.06%
2009			44.84%

Two elections were held during 2009 and 2014 in Parjanga constituency. The elected member is: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2014: (58): Nrusingha Charan Sahu (BJD)
• 2009: (58): Nrusingha Charan Sahu (BJD)

Year	Member	Party
2019	Nrusingha Charan Sahu [8]		Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nrusingha Charan Sahu	78,747	46.93
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan	78,007	46.49
	INC	Jasaswini Rout	6795	4.05
	NOTA	None of the above	1518	0.90
	HND	Dibyajyoti Nayak	1024	1024
	API	Lambodar Naik	971	0.58
	ANC	Nirmala Mishra	740	0.44
Majority			740
Turnout
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrusingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Pradhan by a margin of 3,052 votes. ^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nrusingha Charan Sahu	60,523	40.06	1.33
	BJP	Bibhuti Pradhan	57,471	38.04	3.48
	INC	Santosh Kumar Rout	18,240	12.07	-4.87
	Independent	Biswatosh Sahoo	8,967	5.94
	AITC	Dambaru Dehury	1,116	0.74
	AOP	Ranjit Kumar Sahu	886	0.59
	AAP	Susanta Kumar Pany	657	0.43
	OJM	Susanta Kumar Sahoo	559	0.37
	SKD	Bijaya Kumar Pratapdeou	456	0.3
	NOTA	None of the above	2,209	1.46	-
Majority			3,052	2.02	-2.15
Turnout			1,51,084	80.04	10.96
Registered electors			1,88,759
	BJD gain from NCP

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Parjanga ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dr. Nrusingha Sahu	48,131	38.73	-
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan	42,943	34.56	-
	INC	Laxmidhar Sahoo	21,048	16.94	-
	SAMO	Pratap Chandra Marandi	7,265	5.85	-
	Kalinga Sena	Arup Parida	1,510	1.22	-
	BSP	Premananda Sahoo	1,415	1.14	-
	RPI	Ranjubala Naik	1,127	0.91	-
	Indian Justice Party	Bidyadhar Naik	830	0.67	-
Majority			5,188	4.17 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,24,277	69.08	-

Notes

1. % of total valid votes

References

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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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6. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
7. "Parjanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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11. "Odisha - Parjanga". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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