Pallahara is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.[1]
| Pallahara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 59 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Angul |
| LS constituency | Dhenkanal |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,46,026[a] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Ashok Mohanty | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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]
Elected Members
editSince its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held. It was a 2 member constituency in 1951.
List of members elected from Pallahara constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Mahesh Chandra Subahusingh | Indian National Congress | |
| Baidhar Naik | |||
| 1957 | Mrutyunjaya Pal | Ganatantra Parishad | |
| 1961 | Pabitra Mohan Pradhan | Orissa Jana Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1971 | Narayan Sahu | Indian National Congress (R) | |
| 1974 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Dharanidhar Pradhan | Independent | |
| 1980 | Bibhudhendra Pratap Das | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Bibhudhendra Pratap Das | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | Dharmendra Pradhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 | Nrushingha Charan Sahu | Indian National Congress | |
| 2009 | Ravi Narayan Pani | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 2014 | Mahesh Sahoo | ||
| 2019 | Mukesh Kumar Pal | ||
| 2024 | Ashok Mohanty | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election Results
edit2024
editVoting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Mukesh Kumar Bal | ||||
| BJP | Ashok Mohanty | ||||
| INC | Fakir Samal | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019
editIn 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mukesh Kumar Pal defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Mohanty by a margin of 6,214 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Mukesh Kumar Pal | 59,350 | 43.12 | ||
| BJP | Ashok Mohanty | 53136 | 38.61 | ||
| INC | Subrat Garnayak | 12266 | 8.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1234 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 6214 | 451 | |||
| Turnout | 137640 | 80.94 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014
editIn 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Mohanty by a margin of 5,294 votes.[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 | |||||
2009
editIn 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Pani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan by a margin of 5,467 votes.[14]
| 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[b] | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,07,959 | 73.93 | − | ||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
Constituency: Pallahara (59) District : Angul
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "121 - Pallahara Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Pallahara Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Pallahara Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Pallahara, Orissa". Elections in India.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Pallahara". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Pallahara (59)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.