Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Sambalpur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesKuchinda
Rengali
Sambalpur
Rairakhol
Deogarh
Chhendipada
Athmallik
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Nitesh Ganga Deb
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byNagendra Kumar Pradhan

Assembly segments

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 Kishor Chandra Naik BJD
16 Rengali (SC) Nauri Nayak BJP
17 Sambalpur Jayanarayan Mishra BJP
18 Rairakhol Rohit Pujari BJD
19 Deogarh Deogarh Subhash Chandra Panigrahi BJP
62 Chhendipada (SC) Angul Shusanta Kumar Behera BJD
63 Athmallik Ramesh Chandra sai BJD

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.

Members of Parliament

Elected members from this constituency are:[2]

Year Member Party
1951 Natabar Pandey Ganatantra Parishad
1957 Shraddhakar Supakar
1962 Kishen Pattnaik Praja Socialist Party
1967 Shraddhakar Supakar Indian National Congress
1971 Banamali Babu
1977 Gananath Pradhan Janata Party
1980 Krupasindhu Bhoi Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Bhabani Shankar Hota Janata Dal
1991 Krupasindhu Bhoi Indian National Congress
1996
1998 Prasanna Acharya Biju Janata Dal
1999
2004
2009 Amarnath Pradhan Indian National Congress
2014 Nagendra Pradhan Biju Janata Dal
2019 Nitesh Ganga Deb Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Result

General Election 2024
2024 Indian general election: Sambalpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dharmendra Pradhan
BJD Pranab Prakash Das
INC Nagendra Kumar Pradhan
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

General Election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Sambalpur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nitesh Ganga Deb 473,770 42.13
BJD Nalini Kanta Pradhan 4,64,608 41.32
INC Sarat Patnaik 1,35,969 12.09
NOTA None of the above 13,456 1.20
Margin of victory 9,162 0.81
Turnout 11,26,662 76.72
BJP gain from BJD Swing

General Election 2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nagendra Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by a margin of 30,576 votes.[4]

2014 Indian general elections: Sambalpur[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nagendra Kumar Pradhan 3,58,618 36.43
BJP Suresh Pujari 3,28,042 33.33
INC Amarnath Pradhan 2,42,131 24.6
NOTA None of the above 13,314 1.35 -
BSP Nathu ram 12,211 1.24
AAP Anand Kumar Samal 7,029 0.71
Majority 30,576 3.10 -
Turnout 9,84,697 75.92
Registered electors 12,97,098
BJD gain from INC Swing

General Election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Sambalpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amarnath Pradhan 3,04,890 38.09
BJD Rohit Pujari 2,90,016 36.23
BJP Surendra Lath 1,50,910 18.85
IND. Md Ali Hussain 17,874 2.23
Majority 14,874 1.86
Turnout 8,00,420 64.90
INC hold Swing

References
  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. "17 - SAMBALPUR Parliamentary Constituency". Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  3. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
  4. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  5. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Sambalpur (03)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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