Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Kuchinda Rengali Sambalpur Rairakhol Deogarh Chhendipada Athmallik
Established	1952
Total electors	14,97,719
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Dharmendra Pradhan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency covers the whole Sambalpur district and parts of Deogarh and Angul districts.

Assembly Segments

Before delimitation, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Padmapur, Melchhamunda, Bijepur, Bhatli, Bargarh, Sambalpur and Rairakhol. ^[1]

Following delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, this constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
15	Kuchinda	Sambalpur	Rabi Narayan Naik		BJP		BJP
16	Rengali (SC)		Sudarshan Haripal		BJD		BJP
17	Sambalpur		Jayanarayan Mishra		BJP		BJP
18	Rairakhol		Prasanna Acharya		BJD		BJP
19	Deogarh	Deogarh	Romancha Ranjan Biswal		BJD		BJP
62	Chhendipada (SC)	Angul	Agasti Behera		BJP		BJP
63	Athmallik		Nalini Kanta Pradhan		BJD		BJD

Kuchinda and Deogarh assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Deogarh constituency. Rengali assembly segment came into existence in 2008 following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			49.48%
2019			42.05%
2014			27.65%
2009			24.72%
2004			48.18%
1999			57.56%
1998			45.77%
1996			45.23%
1991			44.82%
1989			54.56%
1984			60.68%
1980			53.95%
1977			59.49%
1971			40.72%

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Sambalpur constituency are: ^[2]

Year	Member	Party
1951	Natabar Pandey		Ganatantra Parishad
1957	Shraddhakar Supakar
	Banamali Kumbhar
1962	Kishen Pattnaik		Praja Socialist Party
1967	Shraddhakar Supakar		Indian National Congress
1971	Banamali Babu
1977	Gananath Pradhan		Janata Party
1980	Krupasindhu Bhoi		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Bhabani Shankar Hota		Janata Dal
1991	Krupasindhu Bhoi		Indian National Congress
1996
1998	Prasanna Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
1999
2004
2009	Amarnath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
2014	Nagendra Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal
2019	Nitesh Ganga Deb		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Dharmendra Pradhan

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das by a margin of 1,19,836 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Sambalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dharmendra Pradhan	592,162	49.48
	BJD	Pranab Prakash Das	4,72,326	39.47
	INC	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan	89,113	7.45
	NOTA	None of the above	12,483	1.04
Majority			1,19,836	10.01
Turnout			11,96,747	79.50
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitesh Ganga Deb defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nalini Kanta Pradhan by a margin of 9,162 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Sambalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitesh Ganga Deb	473,770	42.13
	BJD	Nalini Kanta Pradhan	4,64,608	41.32
	INC	Sarat Pattanayak	1,35,969	12.09
	NOTA	None of the above	13,456	1.20
Margin of victory			9,162	0.81
Turnout			11,26,662	76.72
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by a margin of 30,576 votes. ^[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Sambalpur ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan	358,618	36.43
	BJP	Suresh Pujari	3,28,042	33.33
	INC	Amarnath Pradhan	2,42,131	24.6
	NOTA	None of the above	13,314	1.35	−
	BSP	Nathu ram	12,211	1.24
	AAP	Anand Kumar Samal	7,029	0.71
Majority			30,576	3.10	−
Turnout			9,84,697	75.92
Registered electors			12,97,098
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Amarnath Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari by a margin of 14,974 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Sambalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amarnath Pradhan	304,890	38.09
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	2,90,016	36.23
	BJP	Surendra Lath	1,50,910	18.85
	Independent	Md Ali Hussain	17,874	2.23
Majority			14,874	1.86
Turnout			8,00,420	64.90
	INC hold

References

1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
2. "17 - SAMBALPUR Parliamentary Constituency" . Retrieved 29 December 2013.
3. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
4. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
5. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
6. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Sambalpur (03)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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