Parjanga Assembly constituency

Parjanga is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[1]

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

Parjanga
Constituency No. 58 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictDhenkanal
LS constituencyDhenkanal
Established2009
Total electors1,79,908
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
BIBHUTI BHUSAN PRADHAN
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Area of this constituency includes Parjang block, Kankadahada block and 5 GPs (Kusumajodi, Kantapal, Tumusinga, Kantiokateni and Kantioputasahi) of Kamakshyanagar block.[2][3]

The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2019
 
 46.93%
2014
 
 40.06%
2009
 
 44.84%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Parjanga constituency are:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2024
2019 Nrushingha Charan Sahu[8] BJD
2014 Nrushingha Charan Sahu BJD
2009 Nrushingha Charan Sahu BJD

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu by a margin of 32162 votes.2024.[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Parjanga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nrushingha Charan Sahu 68433
BJP Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan 100595
INC Ranjit Kumar Sahu 3482
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 740 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nrushingha Charan Sahu 78,747 46.93
BJP Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan 78,007 46.49
INC Jasaswini Rout 6795 4.05
NOTA None of the above 1518 0.90
HND Dibyajyoti Nayak 1024 0.61
API Lambodar Naik 971 0.58
ANC Nirmala Mishra 740 0.44
Majority 740 0.44
Turnout 167802 78.5
BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 3,052 votes.[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nrushingha Charan Sahu 60,523 40.06 1.33
BJP Bibhuti Pradhan 57,471 38.04 3.48
INC Santosh Kumar Rout 18,240 12.07 -4.87
Independent Biswatosh Sahoo 8,967 5.94
AITC Dambaru Dehury 1,116 0.74
AOP Ranjit Kumar Sahu 886 0.59
AAP Susanta Kumar Pany 657 0.43
OJM Susanta Kumar Sahoo 559 0.37
SKD Bijaya Kumar Pratapdeou 456 0.3
NOTA None of the above 2,209 1.46 -
Majority 3,052 2.02 -2.15
Turnout 1,51,084 80.04 10.96
Registered electors 1,88,759
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrushingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 5,188 votes.[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Parjanga[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nrushingha Charan Sahu 48,131 38.73 -
BJP Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan 42,943 34.56 -
INC Laxmidhar Sahoo 21,048 16.94 -
SAMO Pratap Chandra Marandi 7,265 5.85 -
Kalinga Sena Arup Parida 1,510 1.22 -
BSP Premananda Sahoo 1,415 1.14 -
RPI Ranjubala Naik 1,127 0.91 -
Indian Justice Party Bidyadhar Naik 830 0.67 -
Majority 5,188 4.17[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,24,277 69.08 -
BJD win (new seat)

Notes
  1. % of total valid votes

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Constituency: Parjanga(58) District : Dhenkanal
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Delimitation 2008" (PDF). ECI.
  5. "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. "Parjanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  8. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  12. "Odisha - Parjanga". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  13. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Parjanga (58)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  14. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014. 5188
  15. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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