Jharsuguda is a Assembly constituency of Jharsuguda district in Odisha State. It was established in 1951. In the 2008 delimitation, Laikera Assembly constituency was merged into this constituency.^[1]

Extent of Assembly Constituencies

• Jharsuguda Block : Badmal, Dalki, Durlaga, H. Katapali, Hirma, Jamera, Katikela, Malda, Marakuta, Patrapali, Sripura and Talpatia GPs
• Kirmira Block
• Laikera Block
• Kolabira Block
• Jharsuguda Muncipalty.^[2][3]

Map of Jharsuguda Constituency Archived 10 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine

Elected members

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 2023. It was a 2-member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Jharsuguda constituency are^[5]

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tankadhar Tripathy defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dipali Das by a margin of 1,333 votes.^[6]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jharsuguda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tankadhar Tripathy	91,105	47.69	14.45
	BJD	Dipali Das	89,772	47	13.93
	INC	Amita Biswal	5,775	3.02	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	1,297	0.68	0.5
Majority			1,333	0.67	26.73
Turnout			1,91,020	83.32
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

2023 Bypoll

In 2023 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dipali Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tankadhar Tripathy by 48,721 votes.^[7]

2023 Odisha Vidhan Sabha by-election: Jharsuguda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dipali Das	107,198	60.93	4.87
	BJP	Tankadhar Tripathy	58,477	33.24	3.15
	INC	Tarun Pandey	4,496	2.56	8.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,074	1.18
Majority			48,271	27.4
Turnout			1,75,932
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naba Kishore Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dinesh Kumar Jain by 45,699 votes.^[9]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jharsuguda^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Naba Kishore Das	98,620	55.97	17.87
	BJP	Dinesh Kumar Jain	52,921	30.04	17.30
	INC	Mahendra Naik	18,823	10.68	34.42
	NOTA	None of the above	1,440	0.82	−
Majority			45,699	25.93
Turnout			1,76.187	78.92
	BJD gain from INC

2014

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Naba Kishore Das defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty by 11,563 votes.^[10][15]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Jharsuguda^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Naba Kishore Das	74,499	45.1	4.18
	BJD	Kishore Kumar Mohanty	62,936	38.1	6.52
	BJP	Anand Pradhan	21,047	12.74	0.87
	NOTA	None of the above	1,463	0.89	−
Majority			11,563	6.99
Turnout			1,65,197	83.79	11.08
Registered electors			1,97,147
	INC hold

See also

• List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
• Jharsuguda district

Notes

References

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