Puri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Puri, and 15 Gram panchayats (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.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1991.
List of members elected from Puri constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Sunil Kumar Mohanty2019Jayanta Kumar Sarangi2014Maheswar Mohanty20092004200019951991 (bypoll)Uma Ballav Rath1990Braja Kishore Tripathy19851980Gadadhar Mishra1977Braja Kishore Tripathy19741971Brajamohan Mohanty1967Harihar Bahinipati1961Bhagwan Pratihari1957Harihar Bahinipati1951Fakir Charan Das
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes is on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sunil Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi by a margin of 5,178 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty by a margin of 4,008 votes.
2014 In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.
2009 In 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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