Baripada Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Baripada.

Baripada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.^[1]

Baripada
Constituency No. 33 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Mayurbhanj
Lok Sabha constituency	Mayurbhanj
Established	1951
Total electors	2,25,354[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prakash Soren
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Baripada town, Baripada block, Khunta block and 9 GPs (Gudialbandh, Jadunathpur, Jarkani, Khanua, Naupal, Purnachandpur, Sankerko, Tangasol and Uthaninuagaon) of Badasahi block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			48.39%
2019			45.08%
2014			37.49%
2009			29.66%
2004			35.26%
2000			43.17%
1995			36.81%
1990			37.59%
1985			54.64%
1980			50.94%
1977			32.88%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Baripada constituency are:^[4][5]

Election	Portrait	Name	Party
2024[6]		Prakash Soren		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[7]
2014[8]		Sananda Marndi		Biju Janata Dal
2009[9]
2004		Bimal Lochan Das		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000		Kishore Dash
1995		Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress
1990		Chhatish Chandra Dhal		Janata Dal
1985		Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress
1980				Indian National Congress (I)
1977				Indian National Congress
1974		Pramod Chandra Bhanj Deo		Independent politician
1971
1967		Santosh Kumar Sahu		Indian National Congress
1961
1957[c]		Harihar Mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
		Samai Majhi		Independent politician
1951[d]		Girish Chandra Roy		Socialist Party
		Surendra Singh		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prakash Soren defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sananda Marndi by a margin of 29,385 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Baripada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Soren	78,272	48.39
	BJD	Sananda Marndi	48,887	30.22
	INC	Pramod Kumar Hembram	25,626	15.84
	NOTA	None of the above	2,718	1.68
Majority			29,385	18.17
Turnout			1,61,757	71.78
	BJP hold

2019

In the 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prakash Soren defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarojini Hembram by a margin of 19,411 votes.^[7]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Baripada^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Soren	72,225	45.08
	BJD	Sarojini Hembram	52,814	32.96
	INC	Dasaratha Singh	26,978	16.84
	NOTA	NOTA	2,325	1.45	−
Majority			19,411	12.12
Turnout			1,60,228	74.13
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sananda Marndi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nisamani Baske by a margin of 17,114 votes. ^[8]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Baripada ^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sananda Marndi	54,131	37.49	7.83
	BJP	Nisamani Baske	37,017	25.64	2.03
	INC	Priyabrata Majhi	21,933	15.19	0.31
	JMM	Fagu Hansda	19,214	13.31	12.18
	NOTA	None of the above	2,199	1.52	−
Majority			17,114	11.85
Turnout			1,44,388	76.21	7.92
Registered electors			1,89,471
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sananda Marndi defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Bhadav Hansdah by a margin of 4,760 votes.^[9]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Baripada^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sananda Marndi	33,840	29.66	−
	JMM	Bhadav Hansdah	29,080	25.49	−
	BJP	Golak Bihari Naik	26,940	23.61	−
	INC	Kanhu Soren	16,979	14.88	−
Majority			4,760	4.17[e]	−
Turnout			1,14,213	68.29	−
	BJD gain from JMM

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. %of total valid votes