Sukinda Assembly constituency

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

Sukinda
Constituency No. 54 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jajpur
LS constituency	Jajpur
Established	1951
Total electors	1,61,168
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pradeep Bal Samanta
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

Area of this constituency includes Sukinda block and Danagadi block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			50.56%
2019			48.20%
2014			39.84%
2009			47.71%
2004			51.17%
2000			63.04%
1995			45.81%
1990			54.50%
1985			38.68%
1980			42.42%
1977			40.04%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held to date including one bypoll in 1955. ^[5]

The list of members elected from the Sukinda constituency are: ^[6]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Pradeep Bal Samanta		BJP
2019	Pritiranjan Gharai [7]		BJD
2014	Pritiranjan Gharai		BJD
2009	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		BJD
2004	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		BJD
2000	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		BJD
1995	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		JD
1990	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		JD
1985	Sarat Rout		INC
1980	Sarat Rout		INC
1977	Anandamanjari Debi		JP
1974	Sanatan Deo		INC
1971	Sanatan Deo		Utkal Congress
1967	Anandamanjari Debi		Jana Congress
1961	Baidhar Singh		INC
Constituency didn't exist
1955 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 1]	Narayan Chandra Pati		PSP
1951	Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra		Independent

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^{[8] [9]}

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sukinda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradeep Bal Samanta	86,733	50.56	12.77
	BJD	Pritiranjan Gharai	77,156	44.98	3.22
	INC	Bibhu Bushan Rout	3,677	2.14	9.44
	NOTA	None of the above	1,185	0.69	0.1
Majority			9,577	5.58	2.94
Turnout			1,71,536
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Gharai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pradeep Bal Samanta by a margin of 16,730 votes. ^[10]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sukinda ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pritiranjan Gharai	77,510	48.2	9.36
	BJP	Pradeep Bal Samanta	60,780	37.79	35.23
	INC	Sarat Raut	18,619	11.58	25.04
	Independent	Umesh Chandra Khilar	6,314	4.33	New
	NOTA	None of the above	941	0.59	0.09
	ANC	Dipaka Kumar Nayak	505	0.31	New
	Independent	Sandip Chakra	467	0.29	New
	Independent	Subhakanta Mohanty	331	0.21	0.02
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Behera	313	0.19	0.2
	Independent	Dwijendra Kumar Ghose	289	0.18	0.41
	Kalinga Sena	Jadumani Mohanta	237	0.15	New
Majority			16,730	8.52	5.3
Turnout			1,45,890	79.61	5.11
Registered electors			1,96,255
	BJD hold		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pritiranjan Gharai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sarat Raut by a margin of 4,704 votes. ^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sukinda ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pritiranjan Gharai	58,122	39.84	−7.87
	INC	Sarat Raut	53,418	36.62	−9.14
	Independent	Pradip Bal Samanta	17,927	12.29
	AOP	Rabindranath Jarika	6,314	4.33
	BJP	Abhina Kumar Hota	3,738	2.56	0.59
	Bahujan Mukti Party	Chakradhar Haibru	1,017	0.7
	Independent	Dwijendra Kumar Ghose	856	0.59
	BSP	Braja Kishore Mallik	846	0.58	−1.01
	AAP	Dipaka Kumar Nayak	828	0.57
	Independent	Surjit Rout	576	0.39
	Independent	Ashok Behera	575	0.39
	Independent	Prafulla Patra	347	0.24
	Independent	Subhakanta Mohanty	332	0.23
	NOTA	None of the above	994	0.68	−
Majority			4,704	3.22	1.27
Turnout			1,45,890	84.72	8.28
Registered electors			1,72,208
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Chandra Ghadai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sarat Rout by a margin of 2,403 votes. ^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sukinda ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai	58,765	47.71	−
	INC	Sarat Raut	56,362	45.76	−
	BJP	Dola Gobinda Mohanta	2,428	1.97	−
	BSP	Gitanjali Mahanta	1,955	1.59	−
	JMM	Sudarsan Haibru	973	0.79	−
	Independent	Mayadhar Nayak	829	0.67	−
	Independent	Jadumani Mohanta	755	0.61	−
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Sk. Saban Ali	431	0.35	−
	Independent	Dillip Kumar Nayak	402	0.33	−
	Independent	Amulya Krushna Das	275	0.22	−
Majority			2,403	1.95 [lower-alpha 2]	−
Turnout			1,23,193	76.44	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. Resignation of Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra
2. % of total valid votes

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