Pallahara Assembly constituency

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

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

Pallahara
Constituency No. 59 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Angul
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhenkanal
Established	1951
Total electors	1,46,026[a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashok Mohanty
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Pallahara block and 19 GPs (Balipasi, Kuluma, Rengali, Susuba, Arkil, Gandamula, Bajrakote, Hanumanpur, Dalaka, Karnapal, Parabil, Burukuna, Kulei, Deranga, Kakudia, Talapada, Biru, Hariharapur and Samal) of Kaniha block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2019			43.12%
2014			34.59%
2009			37.96%
2004			53.20%
2000			36.82%
1995			45.64%
1990			74.94%
1985			43.97%
1980			39.68%
1977			34.65%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held. It was a 2 member constituency in 1951.

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

Year	Member[7]	Party
1952	Mahesh Chandra Subahusingh		Indian National Congress
	Baidhar Naik
1957	Mrutyunjaya Pal		Ganatantra Parishad
1961	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan		Orissa Jana Congress
1967
1971	Narayan Sahu		Indian National Congress (R)
1974			Indian National Congress
1977	Dharanidhar Pradhan		Independent
1980	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Nrushingha Charan Sahu		Janata Dal
1995	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress
2000	Dharmendra Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Nrushingha Charan Sahu		Indian National Congress
2009	Ravi Narayan Pani		Biju Janata Dal
2014	Mahesh Sahoo
2019	Mukesh Kumar Pal
2024	Ashok Mohanty		Bharatiya Janata Party

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.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mukesh Kumar Bal
	BJP	Ashok Mohanty
	INC	Fakir Samal
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mukesh Kumar Pal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Mohanty by a margin of 6,214 votes.^[9]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mukesh Kumar Pal	59,350	43.12
	BJP	Ashok Mohanty	53136	38.61
	INC	Subrat Garnayak	12266	8.91
	NOTA	None of the above	1234	0.9
Majority			6214	451
Turnout			137640	80.94
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Mohanty by a margin of 5,294 votes.^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahesh Sahoo	44,264	34.59
	BJP	Ashok Mohanty	38,970	30.46
	INC	Subodh Chandra Pani	18,487	14.45
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Sahu	13,037	10.19
	Independent	Sripati Sinko	2,948	2.3
	Independent	Sundeep Kumar Pradhan	1,980	1.55
	API	Bijaya Kumar Behera	1,136	0.89
	OJM	Maharga Singh	1,132	0.88
	BSP	Jambeswar Pattanaik	1,121	0.88
	AOP	Paramananda Behera	857	0.67
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Jena	835	0.65
	SKD	Golap Sahoo	759	0.59
	Independent	Motilal Chatamba	666	0.52
	AAP	Jugal Kishor Jit	631	0.49
	NOTA	None of the above	1135	0.89	−
Majority			5,294	41.37	36.31
Turnout			1,27,958	83.83	9.9
Registered electors			1,52,634
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Pani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan by a margin of 5,467 votes.^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabi Narayan Pani	40,980	37.96	−
	BJP	Dharmendra Pradhan	35,513	32.90	−
	INC	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das	21,258	19.69	−
	Independent	Sripati Sinko	2,345	2.17	−
	SP	Abani Kumar Sahoo	1,867	1.73	−
	BSP	Paramananda Bilas	1,311	1.21	−
	Independent	Chittaranjan Pradhan	983	0.91	−
	Independent	Sanjaya Kumar Naik	768	0.71	−
	Independent	Birabar Behera	576	0.53	−
	Independent	Gayadhar Kisan	528	0.49	−
	RPD	Dulabh Behera	489	0.45	−
	Independent	Routara Naik	394	0.36	−
	Kalinga Sena	Ramesh Chandra Sahoo	373	0.35	−
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Nayak	301	0.28	−
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Pradhan	271	0.25	−
Majority			5,467	5.06[b]	−
Turnout			1,07,959	73.93	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as of 2009 election
2. % of total valid votes