Khurda Assembly constituency

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

Khurda (Sl. No.: 117) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.^[1]

Khurda
Constituency No. 117 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Khurda Assembly constituency in Khordha district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Khordha
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhubaneswar
Established	1951
Total electors	2,50,080[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prasanta Kumar Jagadev
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Khordha Municipality, Tangi N.A.C, Tangi block and 14 Gram panchayats (Palatotapada, Bajapur, Nijigarhtapanga, Kanpur, Dhaulimuhan, Brajamohanpur, Naranagarh, Godipada, Jankia, Golabaisasan, Orabarasingh, Kuradhamalla, Bangida and Kaipadar) of Khurda block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			46.08%
2019			48.88%
2014			45.62%
2009			28.85%
2004			49.70%
2000			34.84%
1998 (bypoll)			52.42%
1995			45.60%
1990			65.37%
1985 (bypoll)			50.38%
1985			67.62%
1980			48.76%
1977			35.50%

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were have been held, including 2 bypolls in 1985 and 1998.^[5]

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[9]	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra		Biju Janata Dal
2014[7]	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo
2009[10]			Independent politician
2004	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra		Biju Janata Dal
2000			Independent politician
1998 (bypoll)[c][11]	Dillip Srichandan		Indian National Congress
1995	Prasanna Kumar Patasani		Janata Dal
1990
1985 (bypoll)[d][12]			Independent politician
1985	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress
1980	Prasanna Kumar Patasani		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Sudarsan Mohanty		Janata Party
1974	Benudhar Baliarsingh		Indian National Congress
1971			Orissa Jana Congress
1967	Raja Birkishore Dev
1961	Banamali Patnaik
1957	Prananath Pattnaik		Communist Party of India
1951	Madhab Chandra Rautray		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[13][8] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prasanta Kumar Jagadev defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo by a margin of 8,598 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev	80,564	44.30
	BJD	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo	71,966	39.57
	Independent	Kalu Charan Khandeitaray	19,284	10.6
	INC	Sonali Sahoo	3,435	1.89
	NOTA	None of the above	1,233	0.68
Majority			8,598	4.73
Turnout			1,81,850	72.72
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jyotirindra Nath Mitra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kalucharan Khandeitaray by a margin of 10,043 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra	84,553	48.88	3.26
	BJP	Kalucharan Khandeitaray	74,510	43.07	1.61
	Independent	Jitendra Pradhan	6,467	3.74	−
	INC	Swagatika Pattanaik	4,268	2.47	5.23
	NOTA	None of the above	1,238	0.72	0.13
Majority			10,043	5.81	−
Turnout			1,72,991	71.41	−
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Jyotirindra Nath Mitra by a margin of 6,592 votes.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo	72,297	45.62	−
	BJP	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra	65,388	41.46	19.91
	INC	Dillip Srichandan	12,202	7.70	2.18
	NOTA	None of the above	932	0.59	−
Majority			6,597	4.16
Turnout			1,58,478	74.16	12.98
Registered electors			2,13,691
	BJD gain from Independent

2009

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Rajendra Kumar Sahoo defeated Independent candidate Jyotirindra Nath Mitra by a margin of 3,235 votes.^[17]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Khurda^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo	36,407	28.85	−
	Independent	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra	33,172	26.29	−
	BJP	Dillip Srichandan	27,197	21.55	−
	INC	Sk. Abdul Bari	12,474	9.88	−
	CPI(M)	Sivaji Patnaik	11,181	8.86	−
Majority			3,235	2.56[e]	−
Turnout			1,26,208	61.18[f]	3.53
Registered electors			2,06,289
	Independent gain from BJD

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Prasanna Kumar Patasani on his election to Lok Sabha
4. Resignation of Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
5. % of total valid votes
6. 2004 Voter turnout was 65.51%