Jacob Pradhan | |
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| Personal details | |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Member of the Odisha Assembly for G. Udayagiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Manoj Pradhan (BJP) |
| Succeeded by | Saluga Pradhan (BJD)[1] |
Jacob Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress, who was elected in 2014 from the G. Udayagiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) at G. Udayagiri in the state of Orissa.
Career
2014 elections
In the 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Pradhan won the G Udaygiri seat, defeating the sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly Manoj Pradhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Result
In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jacob Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,289 votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jacob Pradhan | 48,958 | 39.82 | 19.26 | |
| BJD | Pradeep Kumar Pradhan | 39,669 | 31.45 | 16.01 | |
| BJP | Managobinda Pradhan | 27,295 | 22.2 | -21.72 | |
| AOP | Pradeep Kumar Mallick | 3,205 | 2.61 | ||
| NCP | Menaka Pradhan | 1,867 | 1.52 | ||
| Independent | Sanjaya Kumar Pradhan | 1,156 | 0.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,790 | 1.46 | - | |
| Majority | 10,289 | 8.37 | -14.99 | ||
| Turnout | 1,22,940 | 71.04 | 5.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,73,047 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | |||||
2019 Elections
In 2019, he was denied assembly election ticket by Congress.[5] He contested the election as an independent and lost the seat to Saluga Pradhan of Biju Janata Dal.[1]
Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Saluga Pradhan | 53238[1] | 38.61 | ||
| INC | Shyamghana Pradhan | 41977 | 30.45 | ||
| BJP | Archana Pradhan | 35998 | 26.11 | ||
| Independent | Jacob Pradhan (incumbent} | 1920 | 1.31 | ||
| Independent | Pushara Kanhar | 1492 | 1.08 | ||
| Independent | Pratap Kumar Pradhan | 1238 | 0.9 | ||
| NCP | Asish Mallik | 1074 | 0.78 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 938 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,37,875 | 68.67 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,00,776 | ||||
| [[Saluga Pradhan|Saluga Pradhan]] gain from Jacob Pradhan | Swing | ||||
References
- 1 2 3 "Odisha Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Odisha – G.Udayagiri". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: G.Udayagiri (83)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Denied ticket, Congress MLA Jacob Pradhan files nomination as independent candidate". KalingaTV. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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