Remuna Assembly constituency

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

Remuna is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Remuna
Constituency No. 39 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Balasore
Established	2009
Total electors	2,29,033[a][b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gobinda Chandra Das
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

The area of this constituency includes Remuna block and 9 GPs (Ransahi, Gudu, Padmapur, Saragan, Genguti, Sasanga, Rasalpur, Jayadevkasba and Hidigan) of Balasore block.^[2][3]

The constituency was formed in the 2008 Delimitation^[4] and went for polls in 2009 election.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2014			51.39%
2019			47.50%
2014			47.63%
2009			47.52%

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

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

Year	Member	Party
2024[8]	Gobinda Chandra Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[9][10]	Sudhanshu Shekhar Parida		Biju Janata Dal
2014[11]	Gobinda Chandra Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009[10]	Sudarshan Jena		Biju Janata Dal

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gobinda Chandra Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bidya Smita Mahalik by a margin of 13,829 votes.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Remuna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gobinda Chandra Das	92,620	51.39	6.19
	BJD	Bidya Smita Mahalik	68,452	37.98	9.52
	INC	Sudarshan Jena	12,059	6.69	1.01
	NOTA	None of the above	1,260	0.70	0.07
Majority			24,168	13.41
Turnout			1,80,238	78.7
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudhanshu Shekhar Parida defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gobinda Chandra Das by a margin of 4,118 votes.^[13]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Remuna^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sudhanshu Shekhar Parida	79,097	47.50	9.15
	BJP	Gobinda Chandra Das	74,979	45.02	2.61
	INC	Pratap Kumar Sethi	9,454	5.68	3.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,043	0.63
Majority			4,118	2.48
Turnout			1,66,536	74.35
	BJD gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gobinda Chandra Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudarshan Jena by a margin of 13,829 votes.^[10][11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Remuna^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gobinda Chandra Das	70,973	47.63	35.25
	BJD	Sudarshan Jena	57,144	38.35	9.17
	INC	Pratyush Ranjan Jena	13,716	9.2	1.83
	NOTA	None of the above	1,209	0.81	−
Majority			13,829	9.28	−
Turnout			1,49,022	76.99	−
Registered electors			1,93,550
	BJP gain from BJD

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sudarshan Jena defeated Independent candidate Gobinda Chandra Das by a margin of 30,723 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Remuna^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sudarshan Jena	55,847	47.52	−
	Independent	Gobinda Chandra Das	25,124	6.07	−
	BJP	Giridhari Das	14,553	12.38	−
	INC	Tarun Kumar Das	12,967	11.03	−
Majority			30,723	26.14[c]	−
Turnout			1,17,568	66.83	−
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

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