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Puri Assembly constituency

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This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Puri.

Puri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]

Puri
Constituency No. 107 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictPuri
LS constituencyPuri
Established1951
Total electors2,21,892[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2024

This constituency includes Puri, and 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and three GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block.[3][4]

Elected Members

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Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024
 
 45.84%
2019
 
 43.28%
2014
 
 53.44%
2009
 
 51.58%
2004
 
 53.61%
2000
 
 53.65%
1995
 
 33.55%
1990
 
 73.20%
1985
 
 50.89%
1980
 
 50.65%
1977
 
 61.93%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1991.[6]

List of members elected from Puri constituency are:[7][8]

Year Member Party
2024 Sunil Kumar Mohanty BJD
2019 Jayanta Kumar Sarangi[9][10] BJP
2014 Maheswar Mohanty BJD
2009 Maheswar Mohanty BJD
2004 Maheswar Mohanty BJD
2000 Maheswar Mohanty BJD
1995 Maheswar Mohanty JD
1991 (bypoll)[b] Uma Ballav Rath JD
1990 Braja Kishore Tripathy JD
1985 Braja Kishore Tripathy JP
1980 Gadadhar Mishra INC(I)
1977 Braja Kishore Tripathy JP
1974 Brajamohan Mohanty INC
1971 Brajamohan Mohanty Congress (R)
1967 Harihar Bahinipati Praja Socialist Party
1961 Bhagwan Pratihari INC
1957 Harihar Bahinipati PSP
1951 Fakir Charan Das Socialist

Election Results

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2024

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Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes is on 4th June 2024.[11]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Puri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Sunil Kumar Mohanty 74,709 45.84  5.63
BJP Jayanta Kumar Sarangi 69,531 42.66  0.62
INC Uma Ballav Rath 13,169 8.08  6.14
NOTA None of the above 918 0.56  0.26
Majority 5,178
Turnout 162,982
BJD gain from BJP Swing

2019

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In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty by a margin of 4008 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jayanta Kumar Sarangi 76,747 43.28
BJD Maheswar Mohanty 72739 40.21
INC Auro Prasad Mishra 2934 1.94
BSP Suchendra Bhoi 856 0.55
AIFB Jitendriya Behera 465 0.3
Independent Gopal Krushna Panda 700 0.45
NOTA None of the above 1281 0.82
Majority 4008 3.07
Turnout 155722 63.96
BJP gain from BJD

2014

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In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.[13]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Puri[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Maheswar Mohanty 76,760 53.44 1.86
INC Uma Ballav Rath 42,039 29.27 23.52
BJP Krushna Chandra Panda 17,560 12.23 −28.09
SKD Surendranath Dash 2,504 1.74 −
AAP Aditya Hruday Mishra 1,058 0.74 −
BSP Basanti Bhoi 921 0.64 −0.34
AOP Sridhar Mishra 580 0.4 −
AITC Nrusingha Charan Das 348 0.24 −
Independent Rama Chandra Pradhan 331 0.23 −
NOTA None of the above 1526 1.06 −
Majority 34,721 24.17
Turnout 1,43,627 64.73 7.06
Registered electors 2,21,892
BJD hold

2009

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In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.[16]

2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Maheswar Mohanty 61,328 51.58 −2.03
BJP Uma Ballav Rath 47,934 40.32 −
INC Uttam Kumar Acharya 4,832 3.75 −
BSP Kashinath Bhoi 1,161 0.98 −
Independent Rama Chandra Pradhan 634 0.53 −
SP Narayan Khuntia 633 0.53 −
Kalinga Sena Sarada Devi Panda 367 0.31 −
Majority 13,394 11.27[c] −
Turnout 1,18,889 57.67 −2.71'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000023−QINU`"'
BJD hold

Notes

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  1. ^ as on 1 January 2014
  2. ^ Resignation of Braja Kishore Tripathy on his election to Lok Sabha
  3. ^ % of total valid votes
  4. ^ 2004 voter turnout was 60.38%.

References

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  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Puri (107) District: Puri{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. ^ Seats of Odisha
  5. ^ "56 - Puri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. ^ "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Puri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  9. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  11. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  12. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Odisha - Puri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Puri (107)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 13394
  17. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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