Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency covers the whole Sambalpur district and parts of Deogarh and Angul districts.
Assembly Segments
Before delimitation, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Padmapur, Melchhamunda, Bijepur, Bhatli, Bargarh, Sambalpur and Rairakhol.
Following delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, this constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:
#NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading15KuchindaSambalpurRabi Narayan Naik16Rengali (SC)Sudarshan Haripal17SambalpurJayanarayan Mishra18RairakholPrasanna Acharya19DeogarhDeogarhRomancha Ranjan Biswal62Chhendipada (SC)AngulAgasti Behera63AthmallikNalini Kanta Pradhan
Kuchinda and Deogarh assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Deogarh constituency. Rengali assembly segment came into existence in 2008 following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Sambalpur constituency are:
YearMemberParty1951Natabar Pandey1957Shraddhakar SupakarBanamali Kumbhar1962Kishen Pattnaik1967Shraddhakar Supakar1971Banamali Babu1977Gananath Pradhan1980Krupasindhu Bhoi19841989Bhabani Shankar Hota1991Krupasindhu Bhoi19961998Prasanna Acharya199920042009Amarnath Pradhan2014Nagendra Pradhan2019Nitesh Ganga Deb2024Dharmendra Pradhan
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das by a margin of 1,19,836 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitesh Ganga Deb defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nalini Kanta Pradhan by a margin of 9,162 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by a margin of 30,576 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Amarnath Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari by a margin of 14,974 votes.
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