Jajpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.
The areas in this constituency include Jajpur, 16 GPs (Basudevpur, Beruda, Bhubaneswarpur, Bhuinpur, Bichitrapur, Chainipur, Jahanpur, Khairabad, Mala Anandapur, Markandapur, Nathasahi, Panasa, Maheswarpur, Shyamadaspur, Similia and Upparbaruhan) of Jajpur block and 16 GPs (Susua, Duduranta, Kanikapada, Mangalpur, Akarapada, Champeipal, Chhachina, Chittalo, Dasrathpur, Gopalpur, Kasapa, Katikata, Khandara, Mallikapur, Taliha and Tarpada) of Dasarathpur block.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1963. It was a 2-member constituency from 1952 to 1971.
List of members elected from Jajpur constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Sujata Sahu2019Pranab Prakash Das201420092004Parameswar Sethi2000Suryamani Jena19951990Jagannath Mallik19851980Niranjan Jena1977Jagannath Mallik19741971Prafulla Chandra Ghadai1967Santanu Kumar DasPrafulla Chandra Ghadai1963 (bypoll)Narayan Chandra Pati1961Santanu Kumar DasMadan Mohan Patnaik1957Santanu Kumar DasGadadhar Dutta1951Santanu Kumar DasGadadhar Dutta
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sujata Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 2,564 votes.
2019 In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by huge margin of 84,613 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes.
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