Narla Assembly constituency

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

Narla is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.^[1] After 2008 Delimitation, Kesinga Assembly constituency was subsumed into this constituency.^[2]

Narla
Constituency No. 81 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1967
Total electors	2,32,083[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manorama Mohanty
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Narla block, Karlamunda block, Madanpur-Rampur block and 9 Gram panchayats (Belkhandi, Hatikhoj, Kantesir, Kashurpada, Nunmath, Paralsingha, Sirjapalli, Tundla and Turlakhman) of Kesinga block.^[3][4]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates^[5]

2024			36.47%
2019			31.12%
2014			37.73%
2009			36.32%
2004			49.53%
2000			55.22%
1995			36.27%
1990			63.91%
1985			53.16%
1980			56.02%
1977			47.41%

Since its formation in 1967, 14 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Manorama Mohanty		Biju Janata Dal
2019[9]	Bhupinder Singh
2014[10]	Dhaneswar Majhi
2009[11]	Bhupinder Singh		Indian National Congress
2004	Balabhadra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
2000
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Kumara Mani Sabar		Indian National Congress
1980	Tejraj Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
1977			Indian National Congress
1974	Dhaneswar Majhi		Swatantra Party
1971
1967	Anchal Majhi

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, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manorama Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bhakta Charan Das by a margin of 5,205 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Narla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manorama Mohanty	67,532	36.47	5.35
	INC	Bhakta Charan Das	62,327	33.66	12.77
	BJP	Aniruddha Padhan	47,417	25.61	0.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,300	0.7
Majority			5,205	2.81
Turnout			1,85,154	79.78
	BJD gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhupinder Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Aniruddha Padhan by a margin of 15,768 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Bhupinder Singh	53,264	31.12	6.61
	BJP	Aniruddha Padhan	44,244	25.85	4.71
	INC	Chittaranjan Mandal	35,753	20.89	6.36
	NOTA	None of the above	1,236	0.72
Majority			15,768	10.48
Turnout			1,71,139	79
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dhaneswar Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jagannath Pattnayak by a margin of 15,768 votes.^[10]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dhaneswar Majhi	56,783	37.73	−
	INC	Jagannath Pattnayak	41,015	27.25	9.07
	BJP	Artatrana Mohapatra	31,809	21.14	4.91
	NOTA	None of the above	583	0.39	−
Majority			15,768	10.47
Turnout			1,50,496	76.76	5.65
Registered electors			1,96,059
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Srikant Hota by a margin of 27,512 votes.^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Narla^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhupinder Singh	49,748	36.32	−
	BJP	Srikant Hota	22,236	16.23	−
	Independent	Nilamani Sahu	17,044	12.44	−
	NCP	Zakir Hussain	16,712	12.20	−
Majority			27,512	20.08[c]	−
Turnout			1,37,021	71.11	−
	INC gain from BJD

Notes

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