| Type: | LS |
| Sambalpur | |
| State: | Odisha |
| Established: | 1952 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | 14,97,719 |
| Incumbent Image: | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum Minister.jpg |
| Mp: | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Assembly Cons: | Kuchinda Rengali Sambalpur Rairakhol Deogarh Chhendipada Athmallik |
Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency covers the whole Sambalpur district and parts of Deogarh and Angul districts.
Before delimitation, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Padmapur, Melchhamunda, Bijepur, Bhatli, Bargarh, Sambalpur and Rairakhol.[1]
Following delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, this constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:
| Name | District | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kuchinda | Sambalpur | Rabi Narayan Naik | ||
| 16 | Rengali (SC) | Sudarshan Haripal | |||
| 17 | Sambalpur | Jayanarayan Mishra | |||
| 18 | Rairakhol | Prasanna Acharya | |||
| 19 | Deogarh | Deogarh | Romancha Ranjan Biswal | ||
| 62 | Chhendipada (SC) | Angul | Agasti Behera | ||
| 63 | Athmallik | Nalini Kanta Pradhan | |||
Kuchinda and Deogarh assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Deogarh constituency. Rengali assembly segment came into existence in 2008 following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies.
Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Sambalpur constituency are:[2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Natabar Pandey | ||
| 1957 | Shraddhakar Supakar | ||
| Banamali Kumbhar | |||
| 1962 | Kishen Pattnaik | ||
| 1967 | Shraddhakar Supakar | ||
| 1971 | Banamali Babu | ||
| 1977 | Gananath Pradhan | ||
| 1980 | Krupasindhu Bhoi | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | Bhabani Shankar Hota | ||
| 1991 | Krupasindhu Bhoi | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 1998 | Prasanna Acharya | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Amarnath Pradhan | ||
| 2014 | Nagendra Pradhan | ||
| 2019 | Nitesh Ganga Deb | ||
| 2024 | Dharmendra Pradhan | ||
Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das by a margin of 1,19,836 votes.
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitesh Ganga Deb defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nalini Kanta Pradhan by a margin of 9,162 votes.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by a margin of 30,576 votes.[4]
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Amarnath Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari by a margin of 14,974 votes.