Puri (Sl. No.: 107) is a

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

Puri district Puri district is a coastal district of the Odisha state of India. It has one sub-division, 11 tahasils and 11 blocks and comprises 1722 revenue villages. Puri is the only municipality of the district. Konark, Pipili and Nimapara are the thre ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. This constituency includes

Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is als ...

, 15

Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s (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.

Elected members

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one bye election in 1991. Elected members from the Puri constituency are: *2019: (107): Jayanta Kumar Sarangi (

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

) *2014: (107): Maheswar Mohanty ( BJD) *2009: (107): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD) *2004: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD) *2000: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD) *1995: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

) *1991: (Bye Poll): Uma Ballav Rath (Janata Dal) *1990: (56):

Braja Kishore Tripathy Braja Kishore Tripathy (born 25 September 1947) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Puri Lok Sabha Constituency of Orissa as a member of the Biju Janata Dal ( BJD). He was a Cabinet Minister in NDA government in 13 ...

(Janata Dal) *1985: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

) *1980: (56): Gadadhar Mishra ( Congress-I) *1977: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (Janata Party) *1974: (56): Brajamohan Mohanty (Congress) *1971: (52): Brajamohan Mohanty (Congress) *1967: (52): Harihar Bahinipati ( PSP) *1961: (91): Bhagwan Pratihari (Congress) *1957: (63): Harihar Bahinipati (PSP) *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

: (86): Fakir Charan Das (Socialist Party)

2019 election result

2014 election result

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

2009 election result

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.

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References

{{Odisha elections Assembly constituencies of Odisha Puri district