Jagatsinghpur Assembly constituency

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

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

Jagatsinghpur
Constituency No. 104 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Jagatsinghpur Assembly constituency in Jagatsinghpur district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Jagatsinghpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jagatsinghpur
Established	1961
Total electors	2,20,988[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amarendra Das
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Jagatsinghpur (M), Jagatsinghpur block and Naugaon block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			54.34%
2019			43.29%
2014			43.34%
2009			50.64%
2004			51.72%
2000			65.87%
1995			48.71%
1990			65.36%
1985			53.16%
1980			43.91%
1977			54.62%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1959. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.^[5]

List of members elected from Jagatsinghpur constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Amarendra Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[9][10]	Prasanta Kumar Muduli		Biju Janata Dal
2014[11]	Chiranjib Biswal		Indian National Congress
2009[12]	Bishnu Charan Das		Biju Janata Dal
2004
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Krushna Chandra Mallick		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Kanduri Charan Mallik		Janata Party
1974	Lakshman Mallick		Indian National Congress
1971			Indian National Congress (R)
1967	Kanduri Charan Mallik		Praja Socialist Party
1961	Priyanath Dey		Indian National Congress
1959 (bypoll)[c]	Bira Kishore Das
1957[d]	Nilamani Pradhan
	Kanduri Charan Mallik		Praja Socialist Party
1951	Nilamani Pradhan		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.^[13] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amarendra Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Muduli by a margin of 22,138 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Jagatsinghpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amarendra Das	92,555	54.34
	BJD	Prasanta Kumar Muduli	70,417	41.34
	INC	Pratima Mallick	5,932	3.48
	NOTA	None of the above	402	0.24
Majority			22,138	13.00
Turnout			1,70,334	77.08
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Muduli defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chiranjib Biswal by a margin of 8,642 votes.^[9][10]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Jagatsinghpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanta Kumar Muduli	70,116	43.29
	INC	Chiranjib Biswal	61,474	37.95
	BJP	Satyabrata Mohapatra	28,639	17.68
	NOTA	None of the above	584	0.36
Majority			8,642	5.34
Turnout			1,61,969	75.74
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chiranjib Biswal defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das by a margin of 2,888 votes.^[11]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chiranjib Biswal	67,067	43.34	0.28
	BJD	Bishnu Charan Das	64,179	41.47	9.17
	Independent	Satyabrata Mohapatra	8,844	5.71
	BJP	Pratap Kumar Mishra	7,058	4.56	0.9
	NOTA	None of the above	568	0.37
Majority			2,888	0.18
Turnout			1,54,757	79.8	9.8
Registered electors			1,93,927
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chiranjib Biswal by a margin of 10,077 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jagatsinghpur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bishnu Charan Das	67,299	50.64	1.08
	INC	Chiranjib Biswal	57,222	43.06	2.82
	BJP	Upendranath Biswal	4,864	3.66	−
Majority			10,077	7.58[e]	−
Turnout			1,33,017	70.00	1.21
Registered electors			1,90,024
	BJD hold

Notes

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