Paralakhemundi
Constituency No. 137 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGajapati
LS constituencyBerhampur
Established1951
Total electors2,10,531
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Koduru Narayana Rao
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Paralakhemundi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Gajapati district, Odisha.[1]

This constituency includes Paralakhemundi Municipality, Kashinagara NAC, Goshani block, Gumma block and Kashinagara block.[2][3]

Elected members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014
45.2%
2009
49.53%
2004
43.52%
2000
71.80%
1995
28.22%
1990
63.21%
1985
47.65%
1980
33.00%
1977
33.37%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Paralakhemundi constituency are:[5][6]

  • 2014: (137): Kengam Surya Rao (Congress)
  • 2009: (137): K. Narayana Rao (BJD)
  • 2004: (79): Trinath Sahu (Congress)
  • 2000: (79): Trinath Sahu (Congress)
  • 1995: (79): Trinath Sahu (Independent)
  • 1990: (79): Darapu Lachana Naidu (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (79): Trinath Sahu (Congress)
  • 1980: (79): Bijoy Kumar Jena (Independent)
  • 1977: (79): Bijoy Kumar Jena (Independent)
  • 1974: (79): Nalla Kurmunaikulu (Utkal Congress)
  • 1971: (75): Darapu Lachana Naidu (Swatantra Party)
  • 1967: (75): Nalla Kurmunaikulu (Congress)
  • 1961: (13): Nalla Kurmunaikulu (Congress)
  • 1957: (10): Nalla Kurmunaikulu (Independent)
  • 1951: (106): Jagannath Misra (Communist)
Year Member Party
2019 K. Narayana Rao[7] Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Paralakhemundi [8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP K. Narayan Rao 52,415 35.92%
Independent Trirupati Panigrahy 37080 25.41%
BJD Kalyani Gajapati 26645 18.26%
INC K. Surya Rao 24040 16.47%
NOTA None of the above 1944 1.33%
Independent Kedar Sabar 1572 1.08%
BSP Gouri Shankar Mahanandia 1133 0.78%
SKD Sunil Kumar Pattnaik 1098 0.75%
Majority 15335
Turnout 145927 69.27%
BJP gain from Independent Swing

2014 Election result

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Kengam Surya Rao defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate K. Narayana Rao by a margin of 1419 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Paralakhemundi[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kengam Surya Rao 61,014 45.1 6.5
BJD Koduru Narayana Rao 59,595 44.1 -7.0
BJP Tripati Nayak 6,938 5.1 -0.74
Independent Kedar Shabar 1370 1.0
CPI(M) Lalichetti Ramgopal Rao 1,239 0.91
OJM Amit Kumar Patnaik 874 0.6
AAP Sisir Kumar Bhanja Samanta 579 0.32
AITC Sujit Pradhan 533 0.30
AOP Sabita Sahukar 464 0.3
CPI(ML)L Trinath Panda 446 0.3
SKD Meenaketan Jenna 401 0.29
NOTA None of the above 1548 1.15 -
Majority 1,419 1.05
Turnout 1,35,001 70.03 6.31
Registered electors 1,92,782
INC gain from BJD

2009 Election result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate K. Narayana Rao defeated Indian National Congress candidate Trinath Sahu by a margin of 14,941 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Paralakhemundi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD K. Narayana Rao 58528 51.10 -
INC Trinath Sahu 43,587 38.06 -
BJP T. Kuranna 6,686 5.84 -
Independent Jakubo Raito 2,160 1.89 -
Kalinga Sena Kailash Chandra Mali 1,167 1.02 -
SAMO Sasmita Rajguru 847 0.74 -
Independent Bibekananda Behera 789 0.69 -
CPI(ML)L Bidyadhar Patro 762 0.67 -
Majority 14,941 13.05[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,14,556 63.72 3.43 [lower-alpha 2]
BJD gain from INC

Notes

  1. %of total valid votes
  2. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.29%

References

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  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
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  5. "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.
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  7. "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-I) (AC/ PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. News18 (2019). "Paralakhemundi Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Paralakhemundi Constituency (Seat) Election Results". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  14. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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