Paradeep Assembly constituency

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

Paradeep is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha.^[2]

Paradeep
Constituency No. 101 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Jagatsinghpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jagatsinghpur
Established	2009
Total electors	2,31,429[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sampad Chandra Swain
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Paradeep, Kujang block and 7 Gram panchayats (Amberi, Kolar, Samantarapur, Poragadei, Manijanga, Bodhei and Jadatira) of Tirtol block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			51.55%
2019			44.73%
2014			59.15%
2009			53.21%

Since its formation in 2009, 4 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected Paradeep constituency are:^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Sampad Chandra Swain		BJP
2019	Sambit Routray[6]		BJD
2014	Damodara Rout		BJD
2009	Damodara Rout		BJD

Election Results

2024

Voting was held on 1 June 2024 in the 4th phase of the Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of the Indian General Election. The counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Gitanjali Routray
	BJP	Sampad Chandra Swain
	INC	Niranjan Nayak
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sambit Routray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Arindam Sarkhel by a margin of 20,992 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sambit Routray	69871	44.73
	INC	Arindam Sarkhel	48879	31.29
	BJP	Sampad Chandra Swain	35037	22.43
	NOTA	None of the above	495	0.32
Majority			20,992	13.44
Turnout			1,56,208	73.73
	BJD hold

2014

In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Damodara Rout defeated Indian National Congress candidate Arindam Sarkhel by a margin of 38,600 votes.^[8]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Damodar Rout	85,206	59.15	5.94
	INC	Arindam Sarkhel	46,606	32.35	21.43
	BJP	Diptirekha Nayak	5,832	4.05	1.14
	CPI	Jinmayee Sahani	2,276	1.58	−
	BSP	Manoj Patra	1,127	0.78	−0.12
	AAP	Mathurananda Das	1,032	0.72	−
	SKD	Bimala Chandra Pattnayak	620	0.43	−
	Kalinga Sena	Kapila Charan Jena	258	0.18	−
	OJM	Rashmi Ranjan Samal	172	0.12	−
	NOTA	None of the above	926	0.64	−
Majority			38,600	26.79	2.64
Turnout			144055	76.63	9.01
Registered electors			1,87,991
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Damodara Rout defeated Independent candidate Ramesh Samantaray by a margin of 30,351 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Damodara Rout	66,863	53.21	−
	Independent	Ramesh Samantaray	36,512	29.05	−
	INC	Pramod Kishore Jena	13,718	10.92	−
	BJP	Sankhanada Behera	3,652	2.91	−
	Independent	Govind Chandra Tarai	2,898	2.31	−
	BSP	Saumendra Sekhar Biswal	1,132	0.90	−
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Swain	892	0.71	−
Majority			30,351	24.15[b]	−
Turnout			1,25,681	67.62	−
Registered electors			1,85,874
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes