Soro Assembly constituency

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

Soro (Sl. No.: 41) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Soro
Constituency No. 41 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhadrak
Established	1951
Total electors	1,92,452
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Madhab Dhada
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Soro, Soro block and 16 GPs (Anji, Aruhabad, Avana, Bahanaga, Baripada, Bishnupur, Chittol, Dandaharipur, Gopalpur, Kalyani, Kharsahapur, Kochiakoili, Kuruda, Sahaspura, Saud and Talakurunia) of Bahanaga block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			39.07%
2019			35.70%
2014			41.95%
2009			43.19%
2004			48.95%
2000			56.56%
1995			62.57%
1990			48.33%
1985			72.82%
1980			42.37%
1977			65.03%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1996. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.

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

Year	Member	Party
2024	Madhab Dhada		BJD
2019	Parshuram Dhada[7]		BJD
2014	Parshuram Dhada		BJD
2009	Surendra Prasad Pramanik		INC
2004	Kartik Mohapatra		INC
2000	Kartik Mohapatra		INC
1996 (bypoll)[a]	Indurani Mohapatra		INC
1995	Kartik Mohapatra		INC
1990	Kartik Mohapatra		JD
1985	Jadunath Das Mohapatra		INC
1980	Pitamber Panda		CPI
1977	Haraprasad Mahapatra		JP
1974	Jadunath Das Mohapatra		INC
1971	Jadunath Das Mohapatra		Utkal Congress
1967	Haraprasad Mahapatra		SWA
1961	Karunakar Panigrahi		INC
1957[b]	Chaitanya Prasad Sethi		INC
	Harekrushna Mahatab		INC
1951	Nanda kishore Das		INC

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Soro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Madhab Dhada	63,642	39.07	3.37
	BJP	Parshuram Dhada	62,840	38.57	6.09
	INC	Subrat Dhada	32,149	19.73	10.92
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Malik	2,566	1.58
	NOTA	None of the above	650	0.40	0.02
Majority			802
Turnout			162,905
	BJD hold		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Parshuram Dhada defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rakesh Kumar Malik by a margin of 4,936 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Soro

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Parshuram Dhada	54,775	35.7
	BJP	Rakesh Kumar Malik	49839	32.48
	INC	Surendra Prasad Pramanik	47036	30.65
	NOTA	None of the above	588	0.38
Majority			4936	3.22
Turnout			153440	70.54
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Parshuram Dhada defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mrutyunjay Jena by a margin of 4,911 votes.^[9]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Soro^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Parshuram Dhada	57,319	41.95
	INC	Mrutyunjay Jena	52,408	38.36	4.83
	BJP	Rakesh Kumar Malik	23,217	16.99	25.89
	CPI	Jayakrushna Mallick	1,787	1.31	8.44
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Das	580	0.42	0.51
	SAMO	Aira Kharabela Mahalik	505	0.37	−0.8
	NOTA	None of the above	812	0.59	−
Majority			4,911	3.59	3.28
Turnout			1,36,628	70.99	7.17
Registered electors			1,92,452
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Prasad Pramanik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Parshuram Dhada by a margin of 360 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Soro^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Prasad Pramanik	50,159	43.19	−
	BJP	Parshuram Dhada	49,799	42.88	−
	CPI	Jayakrushna Mallik	11,318	9.75	−
	SAMO	Aira Kharabela Mahalik	1,362	1.17	−
	BSP	Namita Jena	1,083	0.93	−
	SP	Pushpalata Mahalik	983	0.85	−
	Independent	Banamali Ojha	733	0.63	−
	Odisha Mukti Morcha	Jagannath Das	701	0.60	−
Majority			360	0.31[c]	−
Turnout			1,16,172	63.82	−
	INC hold

Notes

1. Resignation of Kartik Mahapatra on his election to Lok Sabha
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. % of total valid votes