Jharsuguda is a
Vidhan Sabha
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constituency
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of
Jharsuguda district
Jharsuguda is a district in Odisha, India with Jharsuguda town as its headquarters. This region is rich in coal and other mineral reserves. Of late, many small and medium scale iron and steel units have been set up in the vicinity of Jharsugud ...
.
It includes
Jharsuguda
Jharsuguda is a city and district headquarters of Jharsuguda district of Odisha, India. It is an industrial hub, consisting mainly of metallurgical industries. It is well connected to major cities of India through the rail network, and a rece ...
, Kirmira block, Laikera block, Kolabira block and part of Jharsuguda block.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Sixteen elections have been held in the constituency from 1961 to 2019, resulting in the elections of:
*2023: Dipali Das, (
BJD)
* 2019:
Naba Kishore Das (
BJD)
* 2014:
Naba Kishore Das (
Congress
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)
* 2009:
Naba Kishore Das (
Congress
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)
* 2004:
Kishore Kumar Mohanty
Kishore Kumar Mohanty was an Indian politician who served as Member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha, Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency and Chairman of Wester ...
(
BJD)
* 2000:
Kishore Kumar Mohanty
Kishore Kumar Mohanty was an Indian politician who served as Member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha, Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency and Chairman of Wester ...
(
BJD)
* 1995: Birendra Chandra Pande (
Congress
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)
* 1990:
Kishore Kumar Mohanty
Kishore Kumar Mohanty was an Indian politician who served as Member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha, Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency and Chairman of Wester ...
(
Janata Dal
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)
* 1985: Birendra Chandra Pande (
Congress
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)
* 1980: Birendra Chandra Pande (
Congress
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)
* 1977: Shairindri Nayak (
Congress
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)
* 1974: Shairindri Nayak (
Congress
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)
* 1971: Jhasaketana Sahu (
OJC)
* 1967: Murali Prasad Mishra (
Swatantra)
* 1961: Binod Bihari Bariha (
Congress
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)
* 1957: Bijaya Kumar Pani (
Congress
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), and Manohar Nayak (
Ganatantra Parishad
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)
* 1951: Bijaya Kumar Pani (
Congress
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)
Election results
2023 by-election
In 2023 by election
Biju Janata Dal
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candidate Dipali Das, defeated
Bharatiya Janata Party
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 ...
candidate Tankadhar Tripathy by 48,721 votes.
2019
In 2019 election
Biju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...
candidate Naba Kishore Das, defeated
Bharatiya Janata Party
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candidate Dinesh Kumar Jain by 45,699 votes.
2014
In 2014 election
Indian National Congress
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candidate Naba Kishore Das, defeated
Biju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...
candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty by 11,563 votes.
2009
In 2009 election
Indian National Congress
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candidate Naba Kishore Das, defeated
Biju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...
candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty by 22,516 votes.
See also
*
List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly is composed of 147 Members of Legislati ...
*
Jharsuguda district
Jharsuguda is a district in Odisha, India with Jharsuguda town as its headquarters. This region is rich in coal and other mineral reserves. Of late, many small and medium scale iron and steel units have been set up in the vicinity of Jharsugud ...
Notes
References
{{Odisha elections
Jharsuguda district
Assembly constituencies of Odisha