Sambalpur Assembly constituency

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

Sambalpur
Constituency No. 17 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sambalpur
LS constituency	Sambalpur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,09,924
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jayanarayan Mishra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

This constituency includes Sambalpur, Hirakud and Burla. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			45.52%
2019			44.53%
2014			42.73%
2009			43.52%
2004			52.10%
2000			54.51%
1995			40.81%
1990			45.30%
1985			59.83%
1980			64.87%
1977			53.11%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Sambalpur constituency are: ^[5]

Year	Member [6]	Party
1951	Shraddhakar Supakar		Ganatantra Parishad
	Bhikari Ghasi
1957	Lakshmiprasad Misra
	Bhikari Ghasi
1961	Dalaganjan Chhuria		Indian National Congress
1967	Banamali Babu
1971	Shriballav Panigrahi		Indian National Congress (R)
1974			Indian National Congress
1977	Jhasketan Sahu		Janata Party
1980	Aswini Kumar Guru		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Shraddhakar Supakar		Indian National Congress
1990	Durga Shankar Pattanayak
1995
2000	Jayanarayan Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2009
2014	Raseswari Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
2019	Jayanarayan Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[7] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanarayan Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari by a margin of 4,105 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jayanarayan Mishra	59,827	45.52
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	55,722	42.4
	INC	Durga Prasad Padhi	10,265	7.81
	NOTA	None of the above	1,513	1.15
Majority			4,105	3.12
Turnout			1,31,425
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanarayan Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raseswari Panigrahi by a margin of 4,380 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jayanarayan Mishra	57,349	44.53	10.60
	BJD	Raseswari Panigrahi	52969	41.13	1.60
	INC	Aswini Kumar Pujahari	11652	9.05	7.76
	BSP	Dilip Singh	2084	1.62	0.49
	PVP	Laxman Kumar Bhoi	232	0.18	−
	Independent	Jayabrata Dey	1862	1.45	−
	Independent	Jayashree Mishra	313	0.24	0.11
	Independent	Prabhas Pruseth	402	0.31	−
	Independent	Pragnya Patnaik	660	0.51	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1261	0.98	0.27
Majority			4380	12.20	3.41
Turnout			128789	61.35
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Reseswari Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanarayan Mishra by a margin of 9,958 votes. ^[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raseswari Panigrahi	48,362	42.73
	BJP	Jayanarayan Mishra	38,404	33.93	9.59
	INC	Sureswar Mishra	19,020	16.81	17.77
	BSP	Md. Mustakim	2,391	2.11	1.89
	AAP	Birendra Kumar Panigrahi	1,162	1.03	−
	AOP	Kalpana Sahu	631	0.56
	JMM	Rajkumar Aind	565	0.5	1.06
	Independent	Jayashree Mishra	393	0.35	−
	Independent	Bhakta Charan Mirdha	391	0.35	−
	Independent	Uma Prasad Panigrahi	279	0.25	−
	PVP	Managobinda Padhan	171	0.15	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,411	1.25	−
Majority			9,958	8.79	0.15
Turnout			1,13,180	65.45	19.94
Registered electors			1,72,916
	BJD gain from BJP

2009

In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanarayan Mishra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sureswar Mishra by a margin of 7,010 votes. ^[12]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jayanarayan Mishra	34,110	43.52	−
	INC	Sureswar Mishra	27,100	34.58	−
	NCP	Siddharth Das	10,105	12.89	−
	BSP	Mohammad Mustukim	3,138	4.00	−
	JMM	Junus Aind	1,221	1.56	−
	SAMO	Kalpana Mishra	759	0.97	−
	Independent	Jayashree Mishra	579	0.74	−
	KOKD	Sunil Kumar Nanda	568	0.72	−
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Sharma	452	0.58	−
	IJP	Sanjay Kumar Sahu	339	0.43	−
Majority			7,010	8.94 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			78,555	45.51
	BJP hold

Notes

1. % of total valid votes

References

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