Dharmasala
Constituency No. 51 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictJajpur
LS constituencyJajpur
Established1951
Total electors185,076
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Pranab Kumar Balabantaray
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Dharmasala is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.[1]

Area of this constituency includes Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block.[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2019
 
 58.61%
2014
 
 68.6%
2009
 
 58.25%
2004
 
 56.65%
2000
 
 47.82%
1995
 
 48.91%
1990
 
 59.48%
1985
 
 48.59%
1980
 
 28.68%
1977
 
 53.18%

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Dharmasala constituency are:[5][6]

Year Member Party
2019 Pranab Kumar Balabantaray[7] Biju Janata Dal

2024 election result

2019 election result

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Dharmasala[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pranab Kumar Balabantaray 101,364 58.61
BJP Ramesh Chandra Parida 48625 28.12
INC Smruti Rekha Pahi 18588 10.75
BSP Debabrata Rout 1286 0.74
SUCI(COMMUNIST) Madhumita Sahu 815 0.47
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha ISWAR CHANDRA PRADHAN 490 0.28
Kalinga Sena RABINDRA DHIR 183 0.11
Krupaa Party HARAMOHAN KAR 221 0.13
Independent PRIYADARSAN DHIR 306 0.18
Independent RAMA CHANDRA SINGH 321 0.19
NOTA None of the Above 736 0.43
Majority 52739 30.49
Turnout 172935 77.16
BJD hold Swing

2014 election result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srinath Mishra by a margin of 85,786 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pranab Kumar Balabantaray 1,09,241 68.6 10.35
INC Srinath Mishra 23,455 14.73 -17.9
BJP Ramesh Chandra Parida 19,940 12.52 8.62
SUCI(C) Akshaya Kumar Das 2,044 1.28
Independent Nirmal Kumar Rout 1,108 0.7
SKD Chandramani Nayak 865 0.54
BSP Gobinda Sahoo 838 0.53 -0.11
OJM Pravakar Nayak 575 0.36
NOTA None 1,185 0.74 -
Majority 85,786 53.87 28.24
Turnout 1,59,251 82.25 8.16
Registered electors 1,93,608
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalpataru Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kangali Charan Panda by a margin of 35,133 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kalpataru Das 79,867 58.25 -
INC Kangali Charan Panda 44,734 32.63 -
BJP Ramesh Chandra Parida 5,341 3.90 -
SAMO Jatish Kumar Mohanty 5,015 3.66 -
BSP Gobinda Sahoo 883 0.64 -
Independent Rabindra Kumar Dhir 752 0.55 -
Independent Madhabi Singh 511 0.37 -
Majority 35,133 25.63[a] -
Turnout 1,37,126 74.09 -

Notes

  1. ^ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Constituency: Dharmasala (51) District : Jajpur
  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
  4. ^ "26 - Dharamsala Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Dharamsala Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Election Commission of India". Assembly Election 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Dharmasala Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Dharmasala Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Odisha - Dharmasala". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Dharmasala (51)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014. 35133
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the LEgislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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