Junagarh Assembly constituency
Junagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha, India.[2]
| Junagarh | |
|---|---|
| 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][lower-alpha 1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Dibya Shankar Mishra | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
This constituency includes Junagarh, Junagarh block and Golamunda block.[3][4]
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.[5]
Elected Members
Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. Elected members from the Junagarh constituency are:[7][8]
- 2014: (78): Dibya Shankar Mishra(BJD)
- 2009: (78): Gobardhan Dash (Congress)
- 2004: (98): Himanshu Shekhar Meher (BJP)
- 2000: (98): Himanshu Shekhar Meher (BJP)
- 1995: (98): Bikram Keshari Deo (BJP)
- 1990: (98): Bikram Keshari Deo (BJP)
- 1985: (98): Bikram Keshari Deo (Janata Party)
- 1980: (98): Maheshwar Barad (Congress-I)
- 1977: (98): Maheshwar Barad (Congress)
- 1974: (98): Udit Pratap Deo (Swatantra Party)
- 1971: (92): Trinath Sarab (Swatantra Party)
- 1967: (92): Maheswar Naik (Swatantra Party)
- 1961: (37): Maheswar Naik (Ganatantra Parishad)
- 1951: (20): P. K. Deo (Ganatantra Parishad)
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dibya Shankar Mishra[9] | Biju Janata Dal | |
2019 Election Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Dibya Shankar Mishra | 83,789 | 45.83 |  11.62 | |
| BJP | Manoj Kumar Meher | 55,930 | 30.59 | 2.40 | |
| INC | Anil Kumar Singh Deo | 32,343 | 17.69 |  5.78 | |
| 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 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJD hold | Swing | ||||
2014 Election Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Dibya Sankar Mishra | 56443 | 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 | |||||
| BJD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009 Election Result
| 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[lower-alpha 2] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,44,053 | 69.76 | - | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 2.79[lower-alpha 3] | |||
Notes
- as on 1 January 2014
- %of total valid votes
- 2004 Voter turnout was 66.97%
External links
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
- Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- Seats of Odisha
- "Orissa Election Result 2014 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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- "98 - Junagarh Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- "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) - "Junagarh Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- "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.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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