Paralakhemundi Assembly constituency

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

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

Paralakhemundi
Constituency No. 137 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Paralakhemundi assembly constituency in Gajapati district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Southern Division
District	Gajapati
Lok Sabha constituency	Berhampur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,17,857[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Map of Paralakhemundi Constituency

This constituency includes Paralakhemundi Municipality, Kashinagara NAC, Goshani block, Gumma block and Kashinagara block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			37.58%
2019			35.92%
2014			45.2%
2009			49.53%
2004			43.52%
2000			71.80%
1995			28.22%
1990			63.21%
1985			47.65%
1980			33.00%
1977			33.37%

Since its formation in 1951, 16 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]	Koduru Narayana Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014[9]	Kengam Surya Rao		Indian National Congress
2009[10]	Koduru Narayana Rao		Biju Janata Dal
2004	Trinath Sahu		Indian National Congress
2000
1995
1990	Darapu Lachana Naidu		Janata Dal
1985	Trinath Sahu		Indian National Congress
1980	Bijoy Kumar Jena		Independent politician
1977
1974	Kurma Naikulu N.		Utkal Congress
1971	Darapu Lachana Naidu		Swatantra Party
1967	Kurma Naikulu N.		Indian National Congress
1961
1956-1960 : Constituency did not exist
1951[c]	Appena Dora Biswasrai		Independent politician
	Jagannath Mishra		Communist Party of India

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.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Koduru Narayana Rao by a margin of 3,998 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi	56,027	37.58	19.32
	BJP	Koduru Narayana Rao	52,029	34.90	1.02
	INC	Bijay Kumar Patnaik	35,674	23.93	7.46
	NOTA	None of the above	1,488	1.00	0.33
Majority			3,998	2.68	7.83
Turnout			1,49,069	67.91	1.36
	BJD gain from BJP

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Konduru Narayan Rao defeated Independent candidate Trirupati Panigrahy by a margin of 15,335 votes.^[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Konduru Narayan Rao	52,415	35.92
	Independent	Trirupati Panigrahy	37,080	25.41
	BJD	Kalyani Gajapati	26,645	18.26
	INC	Kengam Surya Rao	24,040	16.47
	NOTA	None of the above	1,944	1.33
Majority			15,335	10.51
Turnout			1,45,927	69.27
	BJP gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Kengam Surya Rao defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Koduru Narayana Rao by a margin of 1419 votes.^[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kengam Surya Rao	61,014	45.1	6.5
	BJD	Koduru Narayana Rao	59,595	44.1	7.0
	BJP	Tripati Nayak	6,938	5.1	0.74
	NOTA	None of the above	1548	1.15	−
Majority			1,419	1.05	12
Turnout			1,35,001	70.03	6.31
Registered electors			1,92,782
	INC gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Koduru Narayana Rao defeated Indian National Congress candidate Trinath Sahu by a margin of 14,941 votes.^[10]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Paralakhemundi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Koduru Narayana Rao	58,528	51.10	−
	INC	Trinath Sahu	43,587	38.06	−
	BJP	T. Kuranna	6,686	5.84	−
Majority			14,941	13.05[d]	−
Turnout			1,14,556	63.72[e]	3.43
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. % of total valid votes
5. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.29%