Umerkote Assembly constituency

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

Umerkote is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nabarangpur district, Odisha.

Umerkote
Constituency No. 73 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Nabarangpur
Established	1957
Total electors	1,72,800
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nityananda Gond
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Umerkote, Raighar block and 8 Gram panchayats (Kurushi, Beheda, Kopena, Bakoda, Murtuma, Burja, Sunabeda and Semala) of Umerkote block.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[1]
2024			43.35%
2019			39.12%
2014			37.15%
2011 (bypoll)			45.13%
2009			40.60%
2004			38.29%
2000			49.75%
1995			47.42%
1990			56.24%
1985			49.94%
1980			53.22%
1977			58.61%

Since its formation in 1957, 18 elections were held till date including in two bypolls in 1959 & 2011.

List of members elected from Umerkote constituency are:^[2]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Nityananda Gond		BJP
2019	Nityananda Gond[3]		BJP
2014	Subash Gond		BJD
2011 (bypoll)[a]	Subash Gond		BJD
2009	Jagabandhu Majhi		BJD
2004	Dharmu Gond		BJP
2000	Parama Pujari		INC
1995	Parama Pujari		INC
1990	Gurubaru Majhi		JD
1985	Parama Pujari		INC
1980	Parama Pujari		INC
1977	Rabi Singh Majhi		JP
1974	Rabi Singh Majhi		Utkal Congress
1971	Rabi Singh Majhi		Utkal Congress
1967	Rabi Singh Majhi		INC
1961	Sadasiba Tripathy		INC
1959 (bypoll)[b]	Abdur Rahiman		AIGP
1957	Radhakrushna Biswas Ray		INC

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nityananda Gond defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nabina Nayak by a margin of 10,373 votes.^[4]

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election, Umerkote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nityananda Gond	70,170	43.35	4.23
	BJD	Nabina Nayak	59,797	36.94	4.30
	INC	Sanaraj Gond	25,026	15.46	5.67
	NOTA	None of the above	4,076	2.52	0.21
	Independent	Dasaratha Majhi	2,789	1.72	N/A
Majority			10,373	6.41	0.07
Turnout			1,61,858
	BJP hold

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nityananda Gond defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Gond by a margin of 9922 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Umerkote^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nityananda Gond	59,895	39.12
	BJD	Subash Gond	49973	32.64
	INC	Jasoda Gond	32343	21.13
	BSP	Sudar Bhatara	3736	2.44
	SKD	Lakhiram Gond	2960	1.93
	NOTA	None of the above	4181	2.73
Majority			9922	6.48
Turnout			153088	78.95
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Gond defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jatindra Nath Gond by a margin of 10,522 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Umerkote^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subash Gond	50,500	37.15	−3.45
	INC	Jatindra Nath Gond	39,978	29.41	6.04
	BJP	Nityananda Gond	21,351	15.71	−11.91
	AOP	Nabin Kumar Santa	6,803	5.00
	OJM	Sanraj Gond	5,762	4.24
	Independent	Reena Majhi	4,112	3.02
	Independent	Dambarudhar Majhi	2,507	1.84
	NOTA	None of the above	4,930	3.63	−
Majority			10,522	7.74	−5.24
Turnout			1,35,943	78.67	8.5
Registered electors			1,72,800
	BJD hold

2011 Bypoll

In 2011 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Gond defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmu Gond by a margin of 21061 votes.^[9]

2011 (bypoll), Umerkote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subash Gond	54,713	45.13
	BJP	Dharmu Gond	33,652	27.76
	INC	Jatindranath Gond	32,877	27.12
Majority			21061	17.37
Turnout			1,21,242	73.4
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jagabandhu Majhi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmu Gond by a margin of 14,171 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Umerkote^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jagabandhu Majhi	44,326	40.60	−
	BJP	Dharmu Gond	30,155	27.62	−
	INC	Parama Pujari	25,512	23.37	−
	SAMO	Harabati Gond	5,276	4.83	−
	BSP	Rabi Narayan Das Samarth	3,918	3.59	−
Majority			14,171	12.98[c]	−
Turnout			1,09,187	70.17	−
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing	3.78[d]

Notes

1. Death of Jagabandhu Majhi
2. Resignation of Radhakrushna Biswas Ray
3. % of total valid votes
4. 2004 Voter turnout was 66.39%