| Jashipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 26 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Mayurbhanj |
| LS constituency | Mayurbhanj |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,71,190 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Jashipur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha.[1]
Area of this constituency includes Jashipur block, Raruan block, Sukruli block and 9 GPs (Badhatnabeda, Chuapani, Dhangdimuta, Hatbadra, Jarada, Jhipabandh, Talapati, Tolakpokhari and Uparbeda) of Kusumi block.[2][3] Many villages consisting of small clusters of houses are located near Jashipur like Kanjipia, Keunjhar etc.
In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Kamala Kanta Nayak, defeated Independent candidate Sambhunath Naik by a margin of 13,190 votes.[4]
13 elections held during 1957 to 2009. List of members elected from Jashipur Vidhan Sabha constituency are:[5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kamala Nayak[6] | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Golakbihari Nayak | ||||
| INC | Mahendra Nath Nayak | ||||
| BJP | Ganesh Ram Sing Khuntia | ||||
| AITC | Akshay Kumar Naik | ||||
| ANC | Jagannath Soren | ||||
| SUCI(C) | Sambhunath Naik | ||||
| BMP | Sunaram Murmu | ||||
| RIM | Nalini Ranjan Hembram | ||||
| Independent | Bijay Kumar Naik | ||||
| Independent | Managovinda Nayak | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| TBA gain from TBA | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOP | Bhimsen Naik | ||||
| BJD | Mangal Singh Mudi | ||||
| BJP | Dr. Ragunath Hembram | ||||
| BSP | Delha Soren | ||||
| INC | Minati Nayak | ||||
| JMM | Mahesh Chandra Hembram | ||||
| OJM | Dillip Naik | ||||
| SUCI(C) | Sambhunath Naik | ||||
| JDP | Baiju Majhi | ||||
| AJSU | Manju Singh | ||||
| Kalinga Sena | Sukalal Tudu | ||||
| Independent | Mina Kumari Rout | ||||
| Independent | Ajit Kumar Naik | ||||
| Independent | Dhanurjay Laguri | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | - | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Kamala Kanta Nayak | 35,569 | 29.97 | - | |
| SUCI(C) | Sambhunath Naik | 22,379 | 18.86 | - | |
| BJP | Sudhir Naik | 16,974 | 14.30 | - | |
| Independent | Mahesh Chandra Hembram | 13,422 | 11.31 | - | |
| INC | Mahendra Nath Nayak | 13,318 | 11.22 | - | |
| JMM | Masuri Chattar | 9,391 | 7.91 | - | |
| SP | Minati Tiriya | 1,844 | 1.55 | - | |
| Samruddha Odisha | Rensa Sirka | 1,710 | 1.44 | - | |
| BSP | Bijayini Tiria | 1,167 | 0.98 | - | |
| RPD | Agnishwar Naik | 1,044 | 0.88 | - | |
| Rashtrawadi Sena | Dasarathi Naik | 982 | 0.83 | - | |
| Kalinga Sena | Girish Chattar | 890 | 0.75 | - | |
| Majority | 13,190 | 11.11[a] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,951 | 69.48 | - | ||