Type: | LS |
Jajpur (SC) | |
Established: | 1952 |
Reservation: | SC |
Electors: | 15,43,329 |
Mp: | Rabindra Narayan Behera |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
Assembly Cons: | Binjharpur Bari Barachana Dharmasala Jajpur Korei Sukinda |
Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
Following delimitation, this constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:
Name | District | Member | Party | ||
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48 | Binjharpur (SC) | Jajpur | Pramila Mallik | ||
49 | Bari | Biswa Ranjan Mallick | |||
50 | Barachana | Amar Kumar Nayak | |||
51 | Dharmasala | Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo | |||
52 | Jajpur | Sujata Sahu | |||
53 | Korei | Akash Dasnayak | |||
54 | Sukinda | Pradeep Bal Samanta |
Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Sukinda, Korei, Jajpur, Dharmasala, Barchana, Bari-Derabisi and Binjharpur.[1]
Since its formation in 1952, 17 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Jajpur constituency are
Year | Member | Party | ||
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1952 | Bhubananda Das | |||
Lakshmi Dhar Jena | ||||
1962 | Rama Chandra Mallick | |||
1967 | Baidhar Behara | |||
1971 | Anadi Charan Das | style="background-color: " | Indian National Congress | |
1977 | Rama Chandra Mallick | |||
1980 | Anadi Charan Das | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
1984 | ||||
1989 | ||||
1991 | ||||
1996 | Anchal Das | |||
1998 | Rama Chandra Mallick | |||
1999 | Jagannath Mallick | |||
2004 | Mohan Jena | |||
2009 | ||||
2014 | Rita Tarai | |||
2019 | Sarmistha Sethi | |||
2024 | Rabindra Narayan Behera |
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[2] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabindra Narayan Behera defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarmistha Sethi by a margin of 1,587 votes.
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarmistha Sethi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amiya Kanta Mallick by a margin of 1,01,693 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ashok Das by a margin of 3,20,271 votes.
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mohan Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Amiya Kanta Mallik by a margin of 1,27,747 votes.