Pipili Assembly constituency

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

Pipili is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.^[2]

Pipili
Constituency No. 110 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Puri
Lok Sabha constituency	Puri
Established	1951
Total electors	2,07,162[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashrit Pattanayak
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election

This constituency includes Pipili, Pipili block and Delanga block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			51.55%
2021 (bypoll)			53.6%
2019			50.66%
2014			51.19%
2009			49.14%
2004			52.08%
2000			56.25%
1995			50.22%
1990			66.35%
1985			43.61%
1980			39.83%
1977			49.73%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 2021. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Ashrit Pattanayak		BJP
2021 (bypoll)[b]	Rudra Pratap Maharathy[8]		BJD
2019	Pradeep Maharathy[9]		BJD
2014	Pradeep Maharathy		BJD
2009	Pradeep Maharathy		BJD
2004	Pradeep Maharathy		BJD
2000	Pradeep Maharathy		BJD
1995	Yudhistir Samantray		INC
1990	Pradeep Maharathy		JD
1985	Pradeep Maharathy		JP
1980	Bipin Dash		INC
1977	Kiran Lekha Mohanty		JP
1974	Bipin Dash		INC
1971	Abhimanyu Ransingh		Congress (R)
1967	Banamali Patnaik		Jana Congress
1961	Ram Chandra Patnaik		INC
1957[c]	Gopinath Bhoi		INC
	Ram Chandra Patnaik		Independent
1951	Jayakrushna Mohanty		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[10] Biju Janata Dal candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak by a margin of 15,162 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Pipili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashrit Pattanayak	99,310	51.55	9.51
	BJD	Rudra Pratap Maharathy	84,148	43.68	9.92
	INC	Gyan Ranjan Patnaik	3,449	1.79	0.57
	NOTA	None of the above	597	0.31	−
Majority			15,162	7.87
Turnout			1,92,653	80.50
	BJP gain from BJD

2021 Bypoll

In 2021 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak by a margin of 20,916 votes.

2021 Odisha Legislative Assembly by-election: Pipili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rudra Pratap Maharathy	96,972	53.60	2.94
	BJP	Ashrit Pattanayak	76,056	42.04	0.42
	INC	Bishwokeshan Harichandan Mohapatra	4,261	2.36	3.27
	CPI(ML)L	Ashok Pradhan	898	0.5	0.19
	ABHM	Jayaprakash Sethi	455	0.25	−
Majority			20,916	11.56	−
Turnout			1,81,066	78.62
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Maharathy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak by a margin of 15,787 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Pipili^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy	88,518	50.66	0.53
	BJP	Ashrit Pattanayak	72,731	41.62	36.87
	INC	Ajit Mangaraj	9,830	5.63	24.80
	CPI(ML)L	Ashok Pradhan	1,214	0.69	0.41
	BSP	Ahemad Khan	949	0.54
	NOTA	None of the above	867	0.50
	SUCI(C)	Padmacharan Jena	626	0.36
Majority			15,787	9.07
Turnout			1,74,875	76.43
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Maharathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Yudhistir Samantray by a margin of 33,474 votes.

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Pipili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy	82,550	51.19	−
	INC	Yudhistir Samantray	49,076	30.43	−
	Independent	Ashrit Pattanayak	18,000	11.16	−
	BJP	Prafulla Prasad Gajendra	7,656	4.75	−
	CPI(ML)L	Satyapriya Behera	1,782	1.10	−
Majority			33,474	20.76	−
Turnout			1,61,290	77.27
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Maharathy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Yudhistir Samantray by a margin of 12,505 votes.^[12]

2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Pipili^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pradeep Maharathy	74,112	49.14	−2.94
	INC	Yudhistir Samantray	61,607	40.85	−2.73
	BJP	Ajit Mangaraj	11,138	7.39	−
	Independent	Shyam Sundar Chhotaray	1,998	1.32	−
	CPI(ML)L	Ashok Pradhan	1,386	0.92	−
	SP	Sudarsan Pradhan	568	0.38	−
Majority			12,505	8.29[d]	−
Turnout			1,50,809	73.43	−
	BJD hold		Swing	0.04[e]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Death of Pradeep Maharathy
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. % of total valid votes
5. 2004 Voter turnout was 73.39%