Daspalla Assembly constituency

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

Daspalla is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district, Odisha.^[2]

Daspalla
Constituency No. 121 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Nayagarh district
Lok Sabha constituency	Kandhamal
Established	1951
Total electors	168,709[1][a]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramesh Chandra Behera
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Daspalla block, Gania block and Nuagaon block.^[3][4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			44.40%
2019			58.44%
2014			65.46%
2009			47.60%
2004			34.20%
2000			35.08%
1995			46.51%
1990			62.79%
1985			57.92%
1980			56.25%
1977			34.96%

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held till date including in two bypoll in 1960 & 1997.^[6] It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.

List of members elected from Daspalla constituency are:^[7][8]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Ramesh Chandra Behera		BJD
2019	Ramesh Chandra Behera[9]		BJD
2014	Purna Chandra Nayak		BJD
2009	Kashinath Mallik		BJD
2004	Rudra Madhab Ray		Independent
2000	Harihar Karan		INC
1997 (bypoll)[b]	Harihar Karan		Independent
1995	Rudra Madhab Ray		JD
1990	Rudra Madhab Ray		JD
1985	Harihar Karan		INC
1980	Harihar Karan		INC
1977	Harihar Karan		INC
1974	Harihar Karan		Independent
1971	Saheb Naik		Congress (R)
1967	Bhabagrahi Nayak		SWA
1961	Saheb Naik		INC
1960 (bypoll)[c]	Raja Purna Chandra Bhanjadeo		INC
1957[d]	Sridhar Naik		AIGP
	Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj		INC
1951	Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj		INC

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Daspalla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Behara	62,039	44.40	14.04
	BJP	Raghav Mallick	55,743	39.89	8.95
	Independent	Rabindra Sethi	10,673	7.64
	INC	Nakul Nayak	5,259	3.76	2.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,570	1.12	0.18
Majority			6,296
Turnout			139,737
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Purna Chandra Nayak by a margin of 35,291 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Daspalla^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Behera	75,006	58.44
	BJP	Purna Chandra Nayak	39715	30.94
	INC	Prashanta Kumar Naik	7949	6.19
	NOTA	None of the above	1208	0.94
Majority			35291	27.5
Turnout			128349	67.62
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Purna Chandra Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Indumati Nayak by a margin of 57,327 votes.^[12]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Daspalla^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Purna Chandra Nayak	75,832	65.46	6.18
	INC	Indumati Nayak	18,505	15.97	−5.73
	BJP	Pramoda Kumar Behera	16,053	13.86	1.04
	Independent	Mami Nayak	1,451	1.25
	AAP	Baneeta Naik	1,099	0.95
	BSP	Brajendra Malik	1,065	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	1,840	1.59	−
Majority			57,327	49.48	11.9
Turnout			1,15,845	68.67	4.18
Registered electors			1,68,709
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kashinath Mallick defeated Indian National Congress candidate Lecturer Bullion by a margin of 38,758 votes.^[15]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Daspalla^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kashinath Mallik	61,142	59.28	−
	INC	Lecturer Bullion	22,384	21.70	−
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Behera	13,218	12.82	−
	Independent	Susanta Kumar Nayak	2,050	1.99	−
	Independent	Basudev Nayak	1,462	1.42	−
	SAMO	Benudhar Nayak	1,071	1.04	−
	SP	Artabandhu Chowdhury	892	0.86	−
Majority			38,758	37.58[e]	−
Turnout			1,03,143	64.49	−0.41 '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000003D−QINU`"'
	BJD gain from Independent

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Resignation of Rudra Madhab Ray
3. Death of Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. %of total valid votes