Karanjia Assembly constituency

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

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

Karanjia
Constituency No. 30 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Mayurbhanj
Lok Sabha constituency	Keonjhar
Established	1957
Total electors	2,00,408[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Padma Charan Haiburu
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Karanjia town, Karanjia block, Thakurmunda block and 9 GPs (Padmapokhari, Ramachandrapur, Labnyadeipur, Dewanbahali, Ranipokhari, Sarat, Nota, Sardiha and Kalamgadia) of Kaptipada block of Mayurbhanj district.^[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2024			43.48%
2019			42.65%
2014			29.83%
2009			37.31%
2004			41.02%
2000			47.20%
1995			35.06%
1990			61.39%
1985			45.35%
1980			39.21%
1977			57.18%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[6]	Padma Charan Haiburu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[7]	Basanti Hembram		Biju Janata Dal
2014[8]	Bijay Kumar Nayak
2009[9]
2004	Ajit Hembram
2000	Padma Charan Haiburu		Independent politician
1995	Raghunath Hembram		Janata Dal
1990
1985	Karunakar Naik		Indian National Congress
1980	Raghunath Hembram		Janata Party (Secular)
1977			Janata Party
1974	Karunakar Naik		Indian National Congress
1971	Prafulla Kumar Das		Swatantra Party
1967
1961	Pravakar Behera		Indian National Congress
1957	Lal Saheb Nalini Chandra Bhanj Deo		Ganatantra Parishad

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[10] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Padma Charan Haiburu defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Basanti Hembram by a margin of 29,499 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Padma Charan Haiburu	65,357	43.48
	BJD	Basanti Hembram	35,858	23.85
	INC	Laxmidhar Singh	25,471	16.94
	NOTA	None of the above	3,261	2.17
Majority			29,499	19.63
Turnout			1,50,319	75.01
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Basanti Hembram defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Padma Charan Haiburu by a margin of 8,763 votes.^[8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Basanti Hembram	60,064	42.65
	BJP	Padma Charan Haiburu	51,301	36.43
	INC	Sudam Charan Naik	10,840	7.7
	NOTA	None of the above	1,989	1.41
Majority			8,763	6.22
Turnout			1,40,828	75.41
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijay Kumar Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jyostna Bhansingh by a margin of 13,551 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijay Kumar Nayak	38,609	29.83%	−
	BJP	Jyostna Bhansingh	25,058	19.36%	−
	Independent	Padma Charan Haiburu	24,030	18.56%	−
	INC	Baidyanath Singh	19,226	14.85%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	2,531	1.96%	−
Majority			13,551	10.47
Turnout			1,29,444	78.13
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bijay Kumar Nayak defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jabamani Tudu by a margin of 21,401 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Karanjia^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bijay Kumar Nayak	38,934	37.31
	INC	Jabamani Tudu	17,533	16.80
	BJP	Sumantra Naik	16,687	15.99
	Independent	Padma Charan Haiburu	14,597	13.99
Majority			21,401	20.51[c]
Turnout			1,04,527	68.93
	BJD hold

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes