Umerkote is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nabarangpur district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Umerkote, Raighar block and 8 Gram panchayats (Kurushi, Beheda, Kopena, Bakoda, Murtuma, Burja, Sunabeda and Semala) of Umerkote block.
Elected members
Since its formation in 1957, 18 elections were held till date including in two bypolls in 1959 & 2011.
List of members elected from Umerkote constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Nityananda Gond20192014Subash Gond2011 (bypoll) 2009Jagabandhu Majhi2004Dharmu Gond2000Parama Pujari19951990Gurubaru Majhi1985Parama Pujari19801977Rabi Singh Majhi1974197119671961Sadashiva Tripathy1959 (bypoll)Abdur Rahiman1957Radhakrushna Biswas Ray
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nityananda Gond defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nabina Nayak by a margin of 10,373 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nityananda Gond defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Gond by a margin of 9,922 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Gond defeated Indian National Congress candidate Jatindra Nath Gond by a margin of 10,522 votes.
2011 Bypoll In 2011 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subash Gond defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmu Gond by a margin of 21061 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jagabandhu Majhi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmu Gond by a margin of 14,171 votes.
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