Jajpur Assembly constituency

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

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

Jajpur
Constituency No. 52 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jajpur
Established	1951
Total electors	207,192
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sujata Sahu
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

The areas in this constituency include Jajpur, 16 GPs (Basudevpur, Beruda, Bhubaneswarpur, Bhuinpur, Bichitrapur, Chainipur, Jahanpur, Khairabad, Mala Anandapur, Markandapur, Nathasahi, Panasa, Maheswarpur, Shyamadaspur, Similia and Upparbaruhan) of Jajpur block and 16 GPs (Susua, Duduranta, Kanikapada, Mangalpur, Akarapada, Champeipal, Chhachina, Chittalo, Dasrathpur, Gopalpur, Kasapa, Katikata, Khandara, Mallikapur, Taliha and Tarpada) of Dasarathpur block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			47.92%
2019			60.24%
2014			69.17%
2009			50.05%
2004			55.25%
2000			46.82%
1995			42.24%
1990			57.12%
1985			52.06%
1980			54.61%
1977			61.25%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1963. It was a 2-member constituency from 1952 to 1971.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Sujata Sahu		BJD
2019	Pranab Prakash Das[7]		BJD
2014	Pranab Prakash Das		BJD
2009	Pranab Prakash Das		BJD
2004	Parameswar Sethi		BJD
2000	Suryamani Jena		BJD
1995	Suryamani Jena		JD
1990	Jagannath Mallik		JD
1985	Jagannath Mallik		JP
1980	Niranjan Jena		INC
1977	Jagannath Mallik		JP
1974	Jagannath Mallik		Utkal Congress
1971[a]	Jagannath Mallik[b]		Utkal Congress
	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai[c]		Congress (R)
1967[d]	Santanu Kumar Das[e]		Jana Congress
	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai[f]		Jana Congress
1963 (bypoll)[g][h]	Narayan Chandra Pati		INC
1961[i]	Santanu Kumar Das[j]		INC
	Madan Mohan Patnaik[k]		INC
1957[l]	Santanu Kumar Das		INC
	Gadadhar Dutta		INC
1951[m]	Santanu Kumar Das		INC
	Gadadhar Dutta		INC

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.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sujata Sahu	86,049	47.92	12.32
	BJP	Goutam Ray	83,485	46.49	10.81
	INC	Sudip Kumar Kar	6,477	3.61	0.74
	NOTA	None of the above	1,230	0.68	0.16
	BSP	Raghunath Sethi	1,052	0.59
Majority			2,564
Turnout			179,580
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Prakash Das	99,738	60.24	−8.93
	BJP	Goutam Ray	59,082	35.68	24.3
	INC	Santosh Kumar Nanda	4,745	2.87	−10.27
	Independent	Pradeep Kumar Behuria	507	0.31	−
	Kalinga Sena	Aditya Pratap Dhir Deo	334	0.2	−0.11
	SKD	Santosh Suryavansi	300	0.18	−0.02
	NOTA	None of the above	866	0.52	−0.25
Majority			40,656	24.56
Turnout			1,65,572	70.79
Registered electors			2,33,895
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by huge margin of 84,613 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jajpur^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Prakash Das	104,458	69.17	19.12
	INC	Santosh Kumar Nanda	19,845	13.14	−12.38
	BJP	Jagannath Prasad Samal	17,180	11.38	−11.15
	Independent	Badri Narayan Ray	5,781	3.83
	BSP	Suryamani Jena	1,203	0.8
	AAP	Bijayananda Mohanty	625	0.41
	Kalinga Sena	Rajendra Dhal	463	0.31
	SKD	Harekrushna Debata	304	0.2
	NOTA	None	1,167	0.77	−
Majority			84,613	56.02
Turnout			1,51,026	72.89	9.05
Registered electors			2,07,192
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes.^[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Jajpur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Prakash Das	61,712	50.05	−
	INC	Debabrata Kantha	31,467	25.52	−
	BJP	Goutam Ray	27,785	22.53	−
	Independent	Manas Ranjan Swain	1,532	1.24	−
	Jan Hitkari Party	Bijayananda Mohanty	812	0.66	−
Majority			30,245	24.53[n]	−
Turnout			1,23,340	63.84	−
	BJD hold

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. from Jajpur East (SC)
3. from Jajpur West
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. from Jajpur East (SC)
6. from Jajpur West
7. from Jajpur West
8. Death of Madan Mohan Patnaik
9. It was a 2 member constituency
10. from Jajpur East (SC)
11. from Jajpur West
12. It was a 2 member constituency
13. It was a 2 member constituency
14. %of total valid votes