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.^[2]

Jagatsinghpur
Constituency No. 104 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jagatsinghpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jagatsinghpur
Established	1951
Total electors	193,927[1][a]
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.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
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.^[6]

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Amarendra Das		BJP
2019	Prasanta Kumar Muduli[9][10]		BJD
2014	Chiranjib Biswal		INC
2009	Bishnu Charan Das		BJD
2004	Bishnu Charan Das		BJD
2000	Bishnu Charan Das		BJD
1995	Bishnu Charan Das		JD
1990	Bishnu Charan Das		JD
1985	Krushna Chandra Mallick		INC
1980	Krushna Chandra Mallick		INC
1977	Kanduri Charan Mallik		JP
1974	Laxman Mallick		INC
1971	Laxman Mallick		Congress (R)
1967	Kanduri Charan Mallik		PSP
1961	Priyanath Dey		INC
1959 (bypoll)[b]	Bira Kishore Das		INC
1957[c]	Kanduri Charan Mallik		PSP
	Nilamani Pradhan		INC
1951	Nilamani Pradhan		INC

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amarendra Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanta Kumar Muduli by a margin of 22,138 votes.

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	76.96
	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.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Jagatsinghpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanta Kumar Muduli	70,116	43.29
	INC	Chiranjib Biswal	61474	37.95
	BJP	Satyabrata Mohapatra	28639	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^[12][13]

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
	Independent	Sk Imam Uddin	5,405	3.49
	BSP	Rajesh Kumar Gochhayat	496	0.32
	AOP	Sisir Kumar Swain	488	0.32
	AAP	Debi Prasad Moharana	376	0.24
	Independent	Birendra Kumar Biswal	276	0.18
	NOTA	None	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.^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jagatsinghpur^[15]

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	−
	SAMO	Gora Chand Barik	1,358	1.02	−
	Independent	Basudeb	760	0.57	−
	Independent	Dr. Suresh Chandra Mallick	751	0.57	−
	Kalinga Sena	Sisir Kumar Swain	639	0.48	−
Majority			10,077	7.58[d]	−
Turnout			1,33,017	70.00	−1.21'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000003D−QINU`"'
Registered electors			1,90,024
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Death of Nilamani Pradhan
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. %of total valid votes