Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency

Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesBinjharpur
Bari
Barachana
Dharmasala
Jajpur
Korei
Sukinda
Established1952
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Sarmistha Sethi
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Assembly segments

Following delimitation, this constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

# Name District Member Party
48 Binjharpur (SC) Jajpur Pramila Mallik BJD
49 Bari Sunanda Das BJD
50 Barachana Amar Prasad Satpathy BJD
51 Dharmasala Pranab Kumar Balabantaray BJD
52 Jajpur Pranab Prakash Das BJD
53 Korei Ashok Kumar Bal BJD
54 Sukinda Pritiranjan Gharai BJD

Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Sukinda, Korai, Jajpur, Dharamsala, Barchana, Bari-Derabisi, Binjharpur, .[1]

Members of Parliament
Year Member Party
1952 Bhubananda Das Indian National Congress
Lakshmi Dhar Jena Ganatantra Parishad
1962 Rama Chandra Mallick Indian National Congress
1967 Baidhar Behara Praja Socialist Party
1971 Anadi Charan Das Indian National Congress
1977 Rama Chandra Mallick Janata Party
1980 Anadi Charan Das Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Janata Dal
1991
1996 Anchal Das
1998 Rama Chandra Mallick Indian National Congress
1999 Jagannath Mallick Biju Janata Dal
2004 Mohan Jena
2009
2014 Rita Tarai
2019 Sarmistha Sethi

Election Result

2024
2024 Indian general election: Jajpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sarmistha Sethi
BJP
INC Anchal Das
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Jajpur[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sarmistha Sethi 544,020 49.81 -5.40
BJP Amiya Kanta Mallick 4,42,327 40.5 +25.13
INC Manas Jena 83,321 7.63 -14.91
NOTA None of the above 7,161 0.66
SUCI(C) Subasa Chandra Malik 4,950 0.45
PBI Tilottama Sethy 4,470 0.41
BMP Ranjit Malik 2,049 0.19
JPJD Sunakar Behera 1,985 0.18
FPI Bhimasen Behera 1,801 0.16
Majority 1,01,693 9.31
Turnout 10,92,965 74.10
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Asok Das by a margin of 3,20,271 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Jajpur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rita Tarai 5,41,349 55.21
INC Ashok Das 2,21,078 22.54
BJP Amiyakanta Mallick 1,50,789 15.37
Independent Nabin Kumar Dalai 29,142 2.97
NOTA None 8,655 0.88
AAP Kalandi Mallik 8,269 0.84
SUCI(C) Subash Chandra Mallik 8,065 0.82
BSP Debendra Mallik 6,926 0.70
Bahujan Mukti Party Ranjit Mallik 3,409 0.34
SKD Gayadhar Mallik 2,753 0.28
Majority 3,20,271 32.67 -
Turnout 9,81,780 75.31
BJD hold Swing

General Election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Jajpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD
INC
BJP
Majority 1,27,747 15.64
Turnout 8,17,108 66.59
BJD hold Swing

References
  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. "Odisha - Jajpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

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