Dharmasala Assembly constituency

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

Dharmasala is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha, India.^[1]

Dharmasala
Constituency No. 51 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jajpur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,32,166[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

The area of this constituency includes Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			42.88%
2019			58.61%
2014			68.6%
2009			58.25%
2004			56.65%
2000			47.82%
1995			48.91%
1990			59.48%
1985			48.59%
1980			28.68%
1977			53.18%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date. Dharmasala was a 2-member constituency for 1957.

List of members elected from Dharmasala constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo		Independent politician
2019[8]	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray		Biju Janata Dal
2014[9]
2009[10]	Kalpataru Das
2004
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1990	Gurucharan Tikayat
1985	Kangali Charan Panda		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Rabi Dash		Janata Party
1974	Banka Behari Das		Indian National Congress
1971			Praja Socialist Party
1967	Paramananda Mohanty
1961	Gadadhar Dutta		Indian National Congress
1957[c]	Mayadhar Singh
	Madan Mohan Patnaik
1951	Paramananda Mohanty		Socialist Party

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.^[11] In 2024 election, Independent candidate Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray by a margin of 4,150 votes.^[7]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Dharmasala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo	79,759	42.88	42.88
	BJD	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray	75,609	40.65	17.96
	BJP	Smruti Rekha Pahi	15,926	8.56	19.56
	SUCI(C)	Kedaranath Sahu	8,453	4.54	N/A
	INC	Kisan Panda	2,947	1.58	9.17
	NOTA	None of the above	666	0.36	0.07
Majority			4,150	2.23	28.26
Turnout			1,86,013	80.12
	Independent gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Chandra Parida by a margin of 52,739 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dharmasala^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray	101,364	58.61
	BJP	Ramesh Chandra Parida	48,625	28.12
	INC	Smruti Rekha Pahi	18,588	10.75
	None of the Above	None of the Above	736	0.43
Majority			52,739	30.49
Turnout			172935	77.16
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srinath Mishra by a margin of 85,786 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray	109,241	68.6	10.35
	INC	Srinath Mishra	23,455	14.73	17.9
	BJP	Ramesh Chandra Parida	19,940	12.52	8.62
	NOTA	None of the above	1,185	0.74	−
Majority			85,786	53.87	28.24
Turnout			1,59,251	82.25	8.16
Registered electors			1,93,608
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalpataru Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kangali Charan Panda by a margin of 35,133 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Kalpataru Das	79,867	58.25	−
	INC	Kangali Charan Panda	44,734	32.63	−
	BJP	Ramesh Chandra Parida	5,341	3.90	−
Majority			35,133	25.63[d]	−
Turnout			1,37,126	74.09	−
	BJD hold

Notes

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