Nabarangpur Assembly constituency

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

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

Nabarangpur
Constituency No. 75 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Nabarangpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Nabarangpur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,34,183[a][b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gouri Shankar Majhi
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Nabarangpur, Nabarangpur block, Tentulikhunti block, Nandahandi block and 10 Gram panchayats (Madiagam, Chirma, Badambada, Panduguda, Kukudisemla, Rajoda, Bamuni, Sanambada, Binjili and Ukiapali) of Kosagumuda block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			45.35%
2019			34.58%
2014			44.36%
2009			36.41%
2004			49.31%
2000			60.90%
1995			57.80%
1990			48.54%
1985			76.09%
1980			75.75%
1977			55.73%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1960. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Nabarangpur constituency are:^[5][6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Gouri Shankar Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[9]	Sadasiva Pradhani		Biju Janata Dal
2014[10]	Manohar Randhari
2009[11]
2004	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
2000
1995
1990
1985
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1977			Indian National Congress
1974			Swatantra Party
1971
1967	Sadasiba Tripathy		Indian National Congress
1961	Harijan Miru
1960 (bypoll)[c]	Jagannath Tripathy
1957[d]	Harijan Miru
	Sadasiba Tripathy
1951[e]	Mudi Naiko
	Sadasiba Tripathy
1946	Sadasiba Tripathy
1937

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gouri Shankar Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kausalya Pradhani by a margin of 25,094 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Nabarangpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gouri Shankar Majhi	90,895	45.35	14.37
	BJD	Kausalya Pradhani	65,801	32.83	1.75
	INC	Dillip Kumar Pradhani	40,271	20.09	9.09
	NOTA	None of the above	3,472	1.73	0.31
Majority			25,094	12.52	8.92
Turnout			2,00,439	85.59
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sadasiva Pradhani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gouri Shankar Majhi by a margin of 6,064 votes.^[9]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Nabarangpur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sadasiva Pradhani	58,335	34.58
	BJP	Gouri Shankar Majhi	52,271	30.98
	INC	Sadan Nayak	49,232	29.18
	NOTA	None of the above	3,439	2.04%
Majority			6,064	3.60
Turnout			1,87,789	81.13
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sadan Nayak by a margin of 11,389 votes.^[10][7]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manohar Randhari	76,659	44.36	7.95
	INC	Sadan Nayak	65,270	37.77	3.72
	BJP	Birendra Pujari	13,496	7.81	12.1
	NOTA	None of the above	3,624	2.1	−
Majority			11,389	6.59
Turnout			1,72,817	82.6	12.81
Registered electors			2,09,213
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sadan Nayak by a margin of 3,334 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nabarangpur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manohar Randhari	51,448	36.41	−
	INC	Sadan Nayak	48,114	34.05	−
	BJP	Manjula Majhi	28,135	19.91	−
Majority			3,334	2.36[f]	−
Turnout			1,41,312	69.79	0.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000041−QINU`"'
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. Resignation of Sadasiba Tripathy
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. It was a 2 member constituency
6. % of total valid votes