Pallahara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Pallahara (Sl. No.: 59) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.[1]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Pallahara.

Pallahara
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictAngul
BlocksPallahara, Kaniha
Electorate1,46,026[lower-alpha 1]
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJD
MLASj Mahesh Sahu
Const. No.59
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesDhenkanal

This constituency includes Pallahara block and 19 GPs (Balipasi, Kuluma, Rengali, Susuba, Arkil, Gandamula, Bajrakote, Hanumanpur, Dalaka, Karnapal, Parabil, Burukuna, Kulei, Deranga, Kakudia, Talapada, Biru, Hariharapur and Samal) of Kaniha block.[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Pani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan by a margin of 5,467 votes.[4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 34.59%
2009
 
 37.96%
2004
 
 53.20%
2000
 
 36.82%
1995
 
 45.64%
1990
 
 74.94%
1985
 
 43.97%
1980
 
 39.68%
1977
 
 34.65%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Pallahara constituency are:[6][7]

  • 2014: (59): Mahesh Sahoo (BJD)
  • 2009: (59): Rabi Narayan Pani (Biju Janata Dal|BJD)
  • 2004: (121): Nrusingha Sahoo (Congress)
  • 2000: (121): Dharmendra Pradhan (BJP)
  • 1995: (121): Bibhudhendra Pratap Das (Congress)
  • 1990: (121): Nrusingha Charan Sahu (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (121): Bibhudhendra Pratap Das (Congress)
  • 1980: (121): Bibhudhendra Pratap Das (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (121): Dharanidhar Pradhan (Independent)
  • 1974: (121): Narayan Sahu (Congress)
  • 1971: (133): Narayan Sahu (Congress)
  • 1967: (133): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Jana Congress)
  • 1961: (73): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)
  • 1957: (49): Mrutyunjaya Pal (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1951: (16): Mahesh Chandra Subahu Singh (Congress)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mukesh Kumar Pal
BJP Ashok Mohanty
INC Subrat Garnayak
BSP Binoda Bihari Boita
SUCI(C) Nirmala Pradhan
API Bijay Kumar Behera
CPI (M) Mina Pradhan
Independent Dola Gobinda Mohapatra
Independent Sarojini Sahoo
Independent Sundeep Kumar Pradhan
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Mohanty by a margin of 5,294 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Mahesh Sahoo 44,264 34.59
BJP Ashok Mohanty 38,970 30.46
INC Subodh Chandra Pani 18,487 14.45
Independent Manoj Kumar Sahu 13,037 10.19
Independent Sripati Sinko 2,948 2.3
Independent Sundeep Kumar Pradhan 1,980 1.55
API Bijaya Kumar Behera 1,136 0.89
OJM Maharga Singh 1,132 0.88
BSP Jambeswar Pattanaik 1,121 0.88
AOP Paramananda Behera 857 0.67
Independent Deepak Kumar Jena 835 0.65
SKD Golap Sahoo 759 0.59
Independent Motilal Chatamba 666 0.52
AAP Jugal Kishor Jit 631 0.49
NOTA None of the above 1135 0.89 -
Majority 5,294 41.37 36.31
Turnout 1,27,958 83.83 9.9
Registered electors 1,52,634
BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election
2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Rabi Narayan Pani 40,980 37.96 -
BJP Dharmendra Pradhan 35,513 32.90 -
INC Bibhudhendra Pratap Das 21,258 19.69 -
Independent Sripati Sinko 2,345 2.17 -
SP Abani Kumar Sahoo 1,867 1.73 -
BSP Paramananda Bilas 1,311 1.21 -
Independent Chittaranjan Pradhan 983 0.91 -
Independent Sanjaya Kumar Naik 768 0.71 -
Independent Birabar Behera 576 0.53 -
Independent Gayadhar Kisan 528 0.49 -
RPD Dulabh Behera 489 0.45 -
Independent Routara Naik 394 0.36 -
Kalinga Sena Ramesh Chandra Sahoo 373 0.35 -
Independent Manoj Kumar Nayak 301 0.28 -
Independent Bijay Kumar Pradhan 271 0.25 -
Majority 5,467 5.06[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,07,959 73.93 -

Notes
  1. as of 2009 election
  2. %of total valid votes

References
  1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Constituency: Pallahara (59) District : Angul
  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014. 5467
  5. "121 - Pallahara Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  7. "Pallahara Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "Odisha - Pallahara". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Pallahara (59)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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