Parjang
Constituency No. 58 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictDhenkanal
LS constituencyDhenkanal
Established2004
Total electors1,79,908
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Nrusingha Charan Sahu
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019

Parjang is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[1]

Area of this constituency includes Parjang block, Kankadahada block and 5 GPs (Kusumajodi, Kantapal, Tumusinga, Kantiokateni and Kantioputasahi) of Kamakshyanagar block.[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dr. Nrusingha Sahu defeated BJP candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 5,188 votes.[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 40.06%
2009
 
 44.84%

Two elections were held during 2009 and 2014 in Parjanga constituency. The elected member is:[6][7]

Year Member Party
2019 Nrusingha Charan Sahu[8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nrusingha Charan Sahu 78,747 46.93
BJP Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan 78,007 46.49
INC Jasaswini Rout 6795 4.05
NOTA None of the above 1518 0.90
HND Dibyajyoti Nayak 1024 1024
API Lambodar Naik 971 0.58
ANC Nirmala Mishra 740 0.44
Majority 740
Turnout
BJD gain from BJP Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrusingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Pradhan by a margin of 3,052 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Nrusingha Charan Sahu 60,523 40.06 1.33
BJP Bibhuti Pradhan 57,471 38.04 3.48
INC Santosh Kumar Rout 18,240 12.07 -4.87
Independent Biswatosh Sahoo 8,967 5.94
AITC Dambaru Dehury 1,116 0.74
AOP Ranjit Kumar Sahu 886 0.59
AAP Susanta Kumar Pany 657 0.43
OJM Susanta Kumar Sahoo 559 0.37
SKD Bijaya Kumar Pratapdeou 456 0.3
NOTA None of the above 2,209 1.46 -
Majority 3,052 2.02 -2.15
Turnout 1,51,084 80.04 10.96
Registered electors 1,88,759
BJD gain from NCP

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election: Parjanga[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Dr. Nrusingha Sahu 48,131 38.73 -
BJP Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan 42,943 34.56 -
INC Laxmidhar Sahoo 21,048 16.94 -
SAMO Pratap Chandra Marandi 7,265 5.85 -
Kalinga Sena Arup Parida 1,510 1.22 -
BSP Premananda Sahoo 1,415 1.14 -
RPI Ranjubala Naik 1,127 0.91 -
Indian Justice Party Bidyadhar Naik 830 0.67 -
Majority 5,188 4.17[a] -
Turnout 1,24,277 69.08 -

Notes

  1. ^ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Constituency: Parjanga(58) District : Dhenkanal
  2. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ^ Seats of Odisha
  4. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014. 5188
  5. ^ "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Parjanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Odisha - Parjanga". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Parjanga (58)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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