Puri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Puri
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Puri
Blocks	Puri Sadar, Gop
Electorate	2,21,892 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Puri
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJP
MLA	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi
Const. No.	107
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Puri

Puri (Sl. No.: 107) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Puri, 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and three GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2014			53.44%
2009			51.58%
2004			53.61%
2000			53.65%
1995			33.55%
1990			73.20%
1985			50.89%
1980			50.65%
1977			61.93%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one bye election in 1991. ^[6] Elected members from the Puri constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

• 2014: (107): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
• 2009: (107): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
• 2004: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
• 2000: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
• 1995: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (Janata Dal)
• 1991: (Bye Poll): Uma Ballav Rath (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (Janata Party)
• 1980: (56): Gadadhar Mishra (Congress-I)
• 1977: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (Janata Party)
• 1974: (56): Brajamohan Mohanty (Congress)
• 1971: (52): Brajamohan Mohanty (Congress)
• 1967: (52): Harihar Bahinipati (PSP)
• 1961: (91): Bhagwan Pratihari (Congress)
• 1957: (63): Harihar Bahinipati (PSP)
• 1951: (86): Fakir Charan Das (Socialist Party)

2019 election result

2019 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi	76747	43.28
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	72739	40.21
	Congress	Auro Prasad Mishra	2934	1.94
	BSP	Suchendra Bhoi	856	0.55
	AIFB	Jitendriya Behera	465	0.3
	Independent	Gopal Krushna Panda	700	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	1281	0.82
Turnout			155722
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

2014 election result

In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Congress Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes. ^[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Puri ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	76,760	53.44	1.86
	Congress	Uma Ballav Rath	42,039	29.27	23.52
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Panda	17,560	12.23	-28.09
	SKD	Surendranath Dash	2,504	1.74	-
	AAP	Aditya Hruday Mishra	1,058	0.74	-
	BSP	Basanti Bhoi	921	0.64	-0.34
	AOP	Sridhar Mishra	580	0.4	-
	AITC	Nrusingha Charan Das	348	0.24	-
	Independent	Rama Chandra Pradhan	331	0.23	-
	NOTA	None of the above	1526	1.06	-
Majority			34,721	24.17
Turnout			1,43,627	64.73	7.06
Registered electors			2,21,892
	BJD hold

2009 election result

In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes. ^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	61,328	51.58	-2.03
	BJP	Uma Ballav Rath	47,934	40.32	-
	Congress	Uttam Kumar Acharya	4,832	3.75	-
	BSP	Kashinath Bhoi	1,161	0.98	-
	Independent	Rama Chandra Pradhan	634	0.53	-
	SP	Narayan Khuntia	633	0.53	-
	Kalinga Sena	Sarada Devi Panda	367	0.31	-
Majority			13,394	11.27 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,18,889	57.67	-2.71 [lower-alpha 3]
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 voter turnout was 60.38%.

References

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