| Type: | LS |
| Nabarangpur (ST) | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Established: | 1952 |
| Reservation: | ST |
| Electors: | 15,13,787 |
| Mp: | Balabhadra Majhi |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Assembly Cons: | Umerkote Jharigam Nabarangpur Dabugam Kotpad Malkangiri Chitrakonda |
Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Nowrangpur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. It was one of the safe seat of Indian National Congress as Khagapati Pradhani represented this seat for a record 9 times from 1967 to 1998.
Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Malkangiri, Chitrakonda, Kotpad, Nabarangpur, Kodinga, Dabugam and Umerkote.[1]
Following delimitation, at present, this constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:
| Name | District | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Umerkote (ST) | Nabarangpur | Nityananda Gond | ||
| 74 | Jharigam (ST) | Narsing Bhatra | |||
| 75 | Nabarangpur (ST) | Gouri Shankar Majhi | |||
| 76 | Dabugam (ST) | Manohar Randhari | |||
| 142 | Kotpad (ST) | Koraput | Rupu Bhatra | ||
| 146 | Malkangiri (ST) | Malkangiri | Narasinga Madkami | ||
| 147 | Chitrakonda (ST) | Mangu Khilla | |||
Since its formation in 1952, 17 elections have been held till date.
List of elected members from Nabarangpur constituency are:[2]
Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 87,536 votes.
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 41,634 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 2,042 votes.[4] In Nabarangpur, NOTA received 44408 votes (5%) which is significantly higher than the victory margin.[5]
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Domburu Majhi by a margin of 29,977 votes.