Junagarh Assembly constituency
Junagarh | |
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Constituency No. 78 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
District | Kalahandi |
LS constituency | Kalahandi |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,15,715[1][a] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
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Incumbent Dibya Shankar Mishra | |
Party | Biju Janata Dal |
Elected year | 2024 |
Junagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha, India.[2]
This constituency includes Junagarh, Junagarh block and Golamunda block.[3][4]
Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates[5] | ||||
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2024 | 38.64% | |||
2019 | 45.83% | |||
2014 | 34.21% | |||
2009 | 31.48% | |||
2004 | 36.36% | |||
2000 | 47.62% | |||
1995 | 32.81% | |||
1990 | 43.02% | |||
1985 | 51.65% | |||
1980 | 46.67% | |||
1977 | 43.67% |
Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1998. It was a 2 member constituency in 1952.
List of members elected from Junagarh constituency are:[6][7]
Year | Member[8] | Party | |
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1951 | Pratap Keshari Deo | Ganatantra Parishad | |
Dayanidhi Naik | |||
1957-61 : Constituency did not exist | |||
1961 | Maheswar Naik | Swatantra Party | |
1967 | |||
1971 | Trinath Sarab | ||
1974 | Udit Pratap Deo | ||
1977 | Maheswar Barad | Indian National Congress | |
1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
1985 | Bikram Keshari Deo | Janata Party | |
1990 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
1995 | |||
1998^ | Himansu Sekhar Meher | ||
2000 | |||
2004 | |||
2009 | Gobardhan Dash | Indian National Congress | |
2014 | Dibya Shankar Mishra | Biju Janata Dal | |
2019 | |||
2024 |
Election results
2024
In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dibya Shankar Mishra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoj Kumar Meher by a margin of 1,338 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Dibya Shankar Mishra | 77,037 | 38.64 | ![]() | |
BJP | Manoj Kumar Meher | 75,699 | 37.97 | ![]() | |
INC | Tuleswar Naik | 39,492 | 19.81 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,735 | 1.37 | ![]() | |
Independent | Parameswar Kand | 1,471 | 0.74 | N/A | |
Independent | Sudhanidhi Naik | 1,309 | 0.66 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,338 | 0.67 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,99,354 | ||||
BJD hold |
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dibya Shankar Mishra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Manoj Kumar Meher by a margin of 27,859 votes.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Dibya Shankar Mishra | 83,789 | 45.83 | ![]() | |
BJP | Manoj Kumar Meher | 55,930 | 30.59 | ![]() | |
INC | Anil Kumar Singh Deo | 32,343 | 17.69 | ![]() | |
SP | Shiba Hati | 3,203 | 1.75 | ||
BMP | Kirti Chandra Goud | 1,702 | 0.93 | ||
API | Jatindra Sahu | 2,045 | 1.12 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 2,290 | 1.25 | ||
Majority | 27,859 | 15.24 | |||
Turnout | 182838 | 78.55 | |||
BJD hold |
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gobardhan Dash by a margin of 17,728 votes.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Dibya Sankar Mishra | 56,443 | 34.21 | − | |
BJP | Anil Kumar Singh Deo | 46498 | 28.19 | − | |
INC | Gobardhan Dash | 38715 | 23.47 | − | |
SP | Hara Prasad Bag | 4731 | 2.87 | − | |
CPI | Damodar Behera | 4166 | 2.53 | − | |
SAMO | Jatish Chandra Mohanty | 2144 | 1.30 | − | |
AAP | Chinmaya Behera | 1413 | 0.86 | − | |
AOP | Umakanta Tandi | 1868 | 1.13 | − | |
BSP | Manmath Benupani | 1800 | 1.09 | − | |
OJM | Pradeep Kumar Padhi | 653 | 0.40 | − | |
BMUP | Suresh Chandan | 818 | 0.50 | − | |
Kalinga Sena | Rajesh Kumar Mund | 822 | 0.50 | − | |
RPI(A) | Sobharam Roul | 657 | 0.40 | − | |
Independent | Sudhanidhi Naik | 1498 | 0.91 | − | |
NOTA | None | 2747 | 1.67 | − | |
Majority | 17,728 | 6.02 | |||
BJD gain from INC |
2009
In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Gobardhan Dash defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bira Sipka by a margin of 6,537 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Gobardhan Dash | 45,349 | 31.48 | − | |
BJD | Bira Sipka | 38,812 | 26.94 | − | |
BJP | Himansu Sekhar Meher | 34,334 | 23.83 | − | |
Independent | Suratha Sahu | 6,118 | 4.25 | − | |
SP | Siba Hati | 5,743 | 3.99 | − | |
BSP | Bamdev Durga | 3,438 | 2.39 | − | |
SAMO | Satya Ranjan Behera | 3,284 | 2.28 | − | |
LJP | Chintamani Bag | 2,145 | 1.49 | − | |
Independent | Duryodhan Majhi | 1,748 | 1.21 | − | |
Independent | Binod Kumar Nayak | 1,662 | 1.15 | − | |
RPI(A) | Panchanan Dhangdamajhi | 1,416 | 0.98 | − | |
Majority | 6,537 | 4.54[b] | − | ||
Turnout | 1,44,053 | 69.76 | − | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | 2.79[c] |
Notes
External links
- Discover Junagarh
References
- ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
Constituency: Junagarh (78) District: Kalahandi
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List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) ( AC / PC )" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2014 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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