Parjanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Parjang (Sl. No.: 58) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Dhenkanal district, Odisha.[1]

Parjang
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Dhenkanal
Blocks	Parjang, Kankadahada, Kamakshyanagar
Electorate	1,79,908
Current constituency
Created	2004
Party	BJD
MLA	Nrusingha Charan Sahu
Const. No.	58
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Dhenkanal

Area of this constituency include Parjang block, Kankadahada block and 5 GPs (Kusumajodi, Kantapal, Tumusinga, Kantiokateni and Kantioputasahi) of Kamakshyanagar block.[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Dr. Nrusingha Sahu defeated BJP candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan by a margin of 5,188 votes.[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			40.06%
2009			44.84%

Two elections are held during 2009 and 2014 in Parjanga constituency. The elected member are:[6][7]

• 2014: (58): Nrusingha Charan Sahu (BJD)
• 2009: (58): Nrusingha Charan Sahu (BJD)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nrusingha Charan Sahu
	INC	Jasaswini Rout
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
	HND	Dibyajyoti Nayak
	ANC	Nirmala Mishra
	API	Lambodar Naik
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nrusingha Charan Sahu defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Pradhan by a margin of 3,052 votes.[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Nrusingha Charan Sahu	60,523	40.06	1.33
	BJP	Bibhuti Pradhan	57,471	38.04	3.48
	INC	Santosh Kumar Rout	18,240	12.07	-4.87
	Independent	Biswatosh Sahoo	8,967	5.94
	AITC	Dambaru Dehury	1,116	0.74
	AOP	Ranjit Kumar Sahu	886	0.59
	AAP	Susanta Kumar Pany	657	0.43
	OJM	Susanta Kumar Sahoo	559	0.37
	SKD	Bijaya Kumar Pratapdeou	456	0.3
	NOTA	None of the above	2,209	1.46	-
Majority			3,052	2.02	-2.15
Turnout			1,51,084	80.04	10.96
Registered electors			1,88,759
	BJD gain from NCP

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Parjanga [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Dr. Nrusingha Sahu	48,131	38.73	-
	BJP	Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan	42,943	34.56	-
	INC	Laxmidhar Sahoo	21,048	16.94	-
	SAMO	Pratap Chandra Marandi	7,265	5.85	-
	Kalinga Sena	Arup Parida	1,510	1.22	-
	BSP	Premananda Sahoo	1,415	1.14	-
	RPI	Ranjubala Naik	1,127	0.91	-
	Indian Justice Party	Bidyadhar Naik	830	0.67	-
Majority			5,188	4.17[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,24,277	69.08	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014. Constituency: Parjanga(58) District : Dhenkanal
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. 5188
5. "120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/123-126.pdf
7. "Parjanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 17 June 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 17 June 2014.
10. "Odisha - Parjanga". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
11. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Parjanga (58)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
12. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf