Dharmasala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dharmasala (Sl. No.: 51) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.[1]

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

Dharmasala
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictJajpur
BlocksDharmasala, Rasulpur
Electorate1,85,076
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLAPranab Kumar Balabantaray
Const. No.51
Reserved forNone
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesJajpur

Area of this constituency include Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block.[2][3]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019
 
 58.61%
2014
 
 68.6%
2009
 
 58.25%
2004
 
 56.65%
2000
 
 47.82%
1995
 
 48.91%
1990
 
 59.48%
1985
 
 48.59%
1980
 
 28.68%
1977
 
 53.18%

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Dharmasala constituency are:[5][6]

  • 2019: (51): Pranab Kumar Balabantaray (BJD)
  • 2014: (51): Pranab Kumar Balabantaray (BJD)
  • 2009: (51): Kalpataru Das (BJD)
  • 2004: (26): Kalpataru Das (BJD)
  • 2000: (26): Kalpataru Das (BJD)
  • 1995: (26): Kalpataru Das (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (26): Gurcharan Tikayat (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (26): Kangali Charan Panda (Congress)
  • 1980: (26): Kangali Charan Panda (Independent)
  • 1977: (26): Rabi Das (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (26): Banka Behari Das (Congress)
  • 1971: (23): Banka Behari Das (Praja Socialist Party)
  • 1967: (23): Paramananda Mohanty (Praja Socialist Party)
  • 1961: (116): Gadadhar Dutta (Congress)
  • 1957: (83): Madan Mohan Patnayak (Congress) and Mayadhar Singh (Congress)
  • 1951: (63): Paramananda Mohanty (Socialist Party)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pranab Kumar Balabantaray 101364 58.61
BJP Ramesh Chandra Parida 48625 28.12
INC Smruti Rekha Pahi 18588 10.75
BSP Debabrata Rout 1286 0.74
SUCI(COMMUNIST) Madhumita Sahu 815 0.47
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha ISWAR CHANDRA PRADHAN 490 0.28
Kalinga Sena RABINDRA DHIR 183 0.11
Krupaa Party HARAMOHAN KAR 221 0.13
Independent PRIYADARSAN DHIR 306 0.18
Independent RAMA CHANDRA SINGH 321 0.19
NOTA None of the Above 736 0.43
Majority 52739 30.49
Turnout 172935 77.16
BJD hold Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srinath Mishra a margin of 85,786 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Pranab Kumar Balabantaray 1,09,241 68.6 10.35
INC Srinath Mishra 23,455 14.73 -17.9
BJP Ramesh Chandra Parida 19,940 12.52 8.62
SUCI(C) Akshaya Kumar Das 2,044 1.28
Independent Nirmal Kumar Rout 1,108 0.7
SKD Chandramani Nayak 865 0.54
BSP Gobinda Sahoo 838 0.53 -0.11
OJM Pravakar Nayak 575 0.36
NOTA None 1,185 0.74 -
Majority 85,786 53.87 28.24
Turnout 1,59,251 82.25 8.16
Registered electors 1,93,608
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalpataru Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kangali Charan Panda by a margin of 35,133 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kalpataru Das 79,867 58.25 -
INC Kangali Charan Panda 44,734 32.63 -
BJP Ramesh Chandra Parida 5,341 3.90 -
SAMO Jatish Kumar Mohanty 5,015 3.66 -
BSP Gobinda Sahoo 883 0.64 -
Independent Rabindra Kumar Dhir 752 0.55 -
Independent Madhabi Singh 511 0.37 -
Majority 35,133 25.63[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,37,126 74.09 -

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
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  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
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  7. "Election Commission of India". Assembly Election 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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  10. "Odisha - Dharmasala". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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