Dharmasala (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Area of this constituency includes Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.
List of members elected from Dharmasala constituency are:
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo | Independent | |
2019 | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | BJD | |
2014 | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | BJD | |
2009 | Kalpataru Das | BJD | |
2004 | Kalpataru Das | BJD | |
2000 | Kalpataru Das | BJD | |
1995 | Kalpataru Das | JD | |
1990 | Gurucharan Tikayat | JD | |
1985 | Kangali Charan Panda | INC | |
1980 | Kangali Charan Panda | INC | |
1977 | Rabi Dash | JP | |
1974 | Banka Behari Das | INC | |
1971 | Banka Behari Das | PSP | |
1967 | Paramananda Mohanty | PSP | |
1961 | Gadadhar Dutta | INC | |
1957 | Mayadhar Singh | INC | |
Madan Mohan Patnaik | INC | ||
1951 | Paramananda Mohanty | Socialist |
Election Results
2024
In 2024 election, Independent candidate Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray by a margin of 4,150 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo | 79,759 | 42.88 | ![]() | |
BJD | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | 75,609 | 40.65 | ![]() | |
BJP | Smruti Rekha Pahi | 15,926 | 8.56 | ![]() | |
SUCI(C) | Kedaranath Sahu | 8,453 | 4.54 | N/A | |
INC | Kisan Panda | 2,947 | 1.58 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 666 | 0.36 | ![]() | |
Majority | 4,150 | 2.23 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,86,013 | ||||
Independent gain from BJD |
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Chandra Parida by a margin of 52,739 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | 101,364 | 58.61 | ||
BJP | Ramesh Chandra Parida | 48625 | 28.12 | ||
INC | Smruti Rekha Pahi | 18588 | 10.75 | ||
BSP | Debabrata Rout | 1286 | 0.74 | ||
None of the Above | None of the Above | 736 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 52,739 | 30.49 | |||
Turnout | 172935 | 77.16 | |||
BJD hold |
2014
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srinath Mishra by a margin of 85,786 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | 109,241 | 68.6 | 10.35 | |
INC | Srinath Mishra | 23,455 | 14.73 | −17.9 | |
BJP | Ramesh Chandra Parida | 19,940 | 12.52 | 8.62 | |
SUCI(C) | Akshaya Kumar Das | 2,044 | 1.28 | ||
Independent | Nirmal Kumar Rout | 1,108 | 0.7 | ||
SKD | Chandramani Nayak | 865 | 0.54 | ||
BSP | Gobinda Sahoo | 838 | 0.53 | −0.11 | |
OJM | Pravakar Nayak | 575 | 0.36 | ||
NOTA | None | 1,185 | 0.74 | − | |
Majority | 85,786 | 53.87 | 28.24 | ||
Turnout | 1,59,251 | 82.25 | 8.16 | ||
Registered electors | 1,93,608 | ||||
BJD hold |
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalpataru Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kangali Charan Panda by a margin of 35,133 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Kalpataru Das | 79,867 | 58.25 | − | |
INC | Kangali Charan Panda | 44,734 | 32.63 | − | |
BJP | Ramesh Chandra Parida | 5,341 | 3.90 | − | |
SAMO | Jatish Kumar Mohanty | 5,015 | 3.66 | − | |
BSP | Gobinda Sahoo | 883 | 0.64 | − | |
Independent | Rabindra Kumar Dhir | 752 | 0.55 | − | |
Independent | Madhabi Singh | 511 | 0.37 | − | |
Majority | 35,133 | 25.63 | − | ||
Turnout | 1,37,126 | 74.09 | − | ||
BJD hold |
Notes
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