Puri | |
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Constituency No. 107 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Puri |
LS constituency | Puri |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,21,892 [1][a] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
Puri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Puri, 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and three GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block.[3][4]
Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one by election in 1991.[6] Elected members from the Puri constituency are:[7][8]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2019 | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi[9][10] | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | 76,747 | 43.28 | ||
BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 72739 | 40.21 | ||
INC | Auro Prasad Mishra | 2934 | 1.94 | ||
BSP | Suchendra Bhoi | 856 | 0.55 | ||
AIFB | Jitendriya Behera | 465 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Gopal Krushna Panda | 700 | 0.45 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1281 | 0.82 | ||
Turnout | 155722 | ||||
BJP gain from BJD | Swing |
In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Congress Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 76,760 | 53.44 | 1.86 | |
INC | Uma Ballav Rath | 42,039 | 29.27 | 23.52 | |
BJP | Krushna Chandra Panda | 17,560 | 12.23 | -28.09 | |
SKD | Surendranath Dash | 2,504 | 1.74 | - | |
AAP | Aditya Hruday Mishra | 1,058 | 0.74 | - | |
BSP | Basanti Bhoi | 921 | 0.64 | -0.34 | |
AOP | Sridhar Mishra | 580 | 0.4 | - | |
AITC | Nrusingha Charan Das | 348 | 0.24 | - | |
Independent | Rama Chandra Pradhan | 331 | 0.23 | - | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1526 | 1.06 | - | |
Majority | 34,721 | 24.17 | |||
Turnout | 1,43,627 | 64.73 | 7.06 | ||
Registered electors | 2,21,892 | ||||
BJD hold |
In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.[15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 61,328 | 51.58 | -2.03 | |
BJP | Uma Ballav Rath | 47,934 | 40.32 | - | |
INC | Uttam Kumar Acharya | 4,832 | 3.75 | - | |
BSP | Kashinath Bhoi | 1,161 | 0.98 | - | |
Independent | Rama Chandra Pradhan | 634 | 0.53 | - | |
SP | Narayan Khuntia | 633 | 0.53 | - | |
Kalinga Sena | Sarada Devi Panda | 367 | 0.31 | - | |
Majority | 13,394 | 11.27[b] | - | ||
Turnout | 1,18,889 | 57.67 | -2.71[c] | ||
BJD hold |