Jajpur Assembly Constituency
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of
Jajpur district Jajpur () is a district of Odisha state in eastern India. The Odisha Government carried out a re-organisation of districts of Odisha in 1993. The erstwhile Cuttack district was split into multiple districts with Jajpur being one of them. Th ...
,
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. The areas in this constituency include
Jajpur Jajpur (also known as Jajapur) () is a town and a municipality in Jajpur district in the Indian state of Odisha. It was the capital of the Kesari dynasty, later supplanted by Cuttack. It is the headquarter of Jajpur district. Etymology a ...
, 16 GPs (Basudevpur, Beruda, Bhubaneswarpur, Bhuinpur, Bichitrapur, Chainipur, Jahanpur, Khairabad, Mala Anandapur, Markandapur, Nathasahi, Panasa, Maheswarpur, Shyamadaspur, Similia and Upparbaruhan) of Jajpur block and 16 GPs (Susua, Duduranta, Kanikapada, Mangalpur, Akarapada, Champeipal, Chhachina, Chittalo, Dasrathpur, Gopalpur, Kasapa, Katikata, Khandara, Mallikapur, Taliha and Tarpada) of Dasarathpur block.


Elected Members

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1963. It was a 2-member constituency from 1952 to 1971. List of members elected from Jajpur constituency are:


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. In 2024 election,
Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic ...
candidate Sujata Sahu defeated
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
candidate Goutam Ray by 2,564 votes.


2019

In the 2019 election,
Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic ...
candidate
Pranab Prakash Das Pranab Prakash Das is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a three time elected Odisha Legislative Assembly, Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2009, 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly ele ...
defeated
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes.


2014

In 2014 election,
Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic ...
candidate
Pranab Prakash Das Pranab Prakash Das is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a three time elected Odisha Legislative Assembly, Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2009, 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly ele ...
defeated
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by huge margin of 84,613 votes.


2009

In 2009 election,
Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic ...
candidate
Pranab Prakash Das Pranab Prakash Das is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a three time elected Odisha Legislative Assembly, Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2009, 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly ele ...
defeated
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes.


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References

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