| Puri | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | Odisha |
| District: | Puri |
| Constituency No: | 107 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Loksabha Cons: | Puri |
| Reservation: | None |
| Mla: | Sunil Kumar Mohanty |
| Party: | Biju Janata Dal |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Electors: | 2,21,892[1] |
Puri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Puri, and 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and three GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block.[3] [4]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1991.[5]
List of members elected from Puri constituency are:[6] [7]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sunil Kumar Mohanty | ||
| 2019 | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi[8] [9] | ||
| 2014 | Maheswar Mohanty | ||
| 2009 | Maheswar Mohanty | ||
| 2004 | Maheswar Mohanty | ||
| 2000 | Maheswar Mohanty | ||
| 1995 | Maheswar Mohanty | ||
| 1991 (bypoll) | Uma Ballav Rath | ||
| 1990 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | ||
| 1985 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | ||
| 1980 | Gadadhar Mishra | ||
| 1977 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | ||
| 1974 | Brajamohan Mohanty | ||
| 1971 | Brajamohan Mohanty | ||
| 1967 | Harihar Bahinipati | ||
| 1961 | Bhagwan Pratihari | ||
| 1957 | Harihar Bahinipati | ||
| 1951 | Fakir Charan Das | ||
Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes is on 4th June 2024.[10]
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty by a margin of 4008 votes.
In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.[11]
In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.[12]