Sambalpur Assembly constituency

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Sambalpur
Constituency No. 17 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
DivisionNorthen Division
District Sambalpur
Lok Sabha constituency Sambalpur
Established1951
Total electors2,06,279 [a] [b]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Biju Janata Dal
Elected year 2024

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

Contents

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]

YearMember [6] Party
2024 [7] Jayanarayan Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [6]
2014 [8] Raseswari Panigrahi Biju Janata Dal
2009 [9] Jayanarayan Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2000
1995 Durga Shankar Pattanayak Indian National Congress
1990
1985 Shraddhakar Supakar
1980 Aswini Kumar Guru Indian National Congress (I)
1977 Jhasketan Sahu Janata Party
1974 Shriballav Panigrahi Indian National Congress
1971 Indian National Congress (R)
1967 Banamali Babu Indian National Congress
1961 Dalaganjan Chhuria
1957 [c] Lakshmiprasad Misra Ganatantra Parishad
Bhikari Ghasi
1951 [d] Shraddhakar Supakar
Bhikari Ghasi

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. [10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanarayan Mishra defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari by a margin of 4,105 votes. [7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jayanarayan Mishra 59,827 45.52 Increase2.svg0.99
BJD Rohit Pujari 55,72242.40Increase2.svg0.97
INC Durga Prasad Padhi10,2657.81Decrease2.svg1.24
NOTA None of the above1,5131.15Increase2.svg0.17
Majority 4,1053.12Decrease2.svg9.08
Turnout 1,31,42563.71Decrease2.svg4.1
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. [6]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jayanarayan Mishra 57,349 44.53 Increase2.svg10.60
BJD Raseswari Panigrahi 52,96941.13Decrease2.svg1.60
INC Aswini Kumar Pujahari11,6529.05Decrease2.svg7.76
NOTA None of the above1,2610.98Decrease2.svg0.27
Majority 4,38012.20Increase2.svg3.41
Turnout 1,28,78961.35
BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raseswari Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanarayan Mishra by a margin of 9,958 votes. [8]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Raseswari Panigrahi 48,362 42.73 New black yellow.svg
BJP Jayanarayan Mishra 38,40433.93Decrease2.svg9.59
INC Sureswar Mishra19,02016.81Decrease2.svg17.77
NOTA None of the above1,4111.25
Majority 9,9588.79Decrease2.svg0.15
Turnout 1,13,18065.4519.94
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. [9]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Sambalpur [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jayanarayan Mishra 34,110 43.52
INC Sureswar Mishra27,10034.58
NCP Siddharth Das10,10512.89
Majority 7,0108.94 [e]
Turnout 78,55545.51
BJP hold

Notes

  1. as on 2024
  2. as data published by election commission
  3. It was a 2 member constituency
  4. It was a 2 member constituency
  5. % of total valid votes

References

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  11. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  12. "Odisha - Sambalpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  13. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Sambalpur (17)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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