Jajpur Assembly constituency explained

Jajpur
State:	Odisha
Constituency No:	52
Type:	SLA
Mla:	Sujata Sahu
Party:	Biju Janata Dal
Latest Election Year:	2024
District:	Jajpur
Loksabha Cons:	Jajpur
Established:	1951
Reservation:	None

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

Areas in this constituency includes Jajpur, 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.^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1963. It was a 2 member constituency in between 1952 & 1971.

List of members elected from Jajpur constituency are:^{[4] [5]}

Year	Member	Party
2024	Sujata Sahu
2019	Pranab Prakash Das^[6]
2014	Pranab Prakash Das
2009	Pranab Prakash Das
2004	Parameswar Sethi
2000	Suryamani Jena
1995	Suryamani Jena
1990	Jagannath Mallik
1985	Jagannath Mallik
1980	Niranjan Jena
1977	Jagannath Mallik
1974	Jagannath Mallik
1971	Jagannath Mallik
	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai
1967	Santanu Kumar Das
	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai
1963 (bypoll)	Narayan Chandra Pati
1961	Santanu Kumar Das
	Madan Mohan Patnaik
1957	Santanu Kumar Das
	Gadadhar Dutta
1951	Santanu Kumar Das
	Gadadhar Dutta

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.^[7]

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes.^[8]

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by huge margin of 84,613 votes.^[9]

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes.^[10]

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Orissa Assembly Election 2009 . empoweringindia.org . Constituency: Jajpur (52) District : Jajpur. 2 March 2014.
2. http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-02-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf . 2013-12-17 .
5. Web site: Jajpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa. Compare Infobase Limited. 2 March 2014.
6. Web site: State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha . . 7 October 2021 . limited.
7. Web site: General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 . ECI.
8. Web site: Constituency Wise Odisha Assembly Election Result 2019. Election Commission Of India. 23 May 2019.
9. Web site: Constituency Wise Odisha Assembly Election Result 2014. Leadtech.in. 31 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html. 18 August 2014. dead.
10. Web site: Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin . leadtech.in . 30245 . 2 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html . 27 May 2013 . dead .