Puri Assembly constituency

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

Puri
Constituency No. 107 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Puri Assembly constituency in Puri district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Puri
Lok Sabha constituency	Puri
Established	1951
Total electors	2,40,287 [a] [b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sunil Kumar Mohanty
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

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

This constituency includes Puri, and 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. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			45.84%
2019			43.28%
2014			53.44%
2009			51.58%
2004			53.61%
2000			53.65%
1995			33.55%
1991 (bypoll)			49.38%
1990			73.20%
1985			50.89%
1980			50.65%
1977			61.93%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1991. ^[5]

List of members elected from Puri constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

Year	Member	Party
2024 [8]	Sunil Kumar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
2019 [9]	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 [10]	Maheswar Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
2009 [11]
2004
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1991 (bypoll) [c] [12]	Uma Ballav Rath
1990	Braja Kishore Tripathy
1985			Janata Party
1980	Gadadhar Mishra		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Braja Kishore Tripathy		Janata Party
1974			Indian National Congress
1971	Brajamohan Mohanty		Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Harihar Bahinipati		Praja Socialist Party
1961	Bhagwan Pratihari		Indian National Congress
1957	Harihar Bahinipati		Praja Socialist Party
1951	Fakir Charan Das		Socialist Party

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes is on 4 June 2024. ^[13] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunil Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi by a margin of 5,178 votes. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Puri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sunil Kumar Mohanty	74,709	45.84	5.63
	BJP	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi	69,531	42.66	0.62
	INC	Uma Ballav Rath	13,169	8.08	6.14
	NOTA	None of the above	918	0.56	0.26
Majority			5,178	3.16
Turnout			1,62,982	67.83
	BJD gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty by a margin of 4,008 votes. ^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi	76,747	43.28
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	72,739	40.21
	INC	Auro Prasad Mishra	2,934	1.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,281	0.82
Majority			4,008	3.07
Turnout			1,55,722	63.96
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

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

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Puri ^{[15] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	76,760	53.44	1.86
	INC	Uma Ballav Rath	42,039	29.27	23.52
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Panda	17,560	12.23	28.09
	NOTA	None of the above	1,526	1.06	−
Majority			34,721	24.17
Turnout			1,43,627	64.73	7.06
Registered electors			2,21,892
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes. ^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	61,328	51.58	−
	BJP	Uma Ballav Rath	47,934	40.32	−
	INC	Uttam Kumar Acharya	4,832	3.75	−
Majority			13,394	11.27 [d]	−
Turnout			1,18,889	57.67	2.71
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Braja Kishore Tripathy on his election to Lok Sabha
4. % of total valid votes

References

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