Gopalpur, Odisha (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
This constituency includes Gopalpur, Ward Nos. 25 to 27 of Brahmapur, Rangailunda block and 4 Gram panchayats (Hugulapatta, Gurunthi, Barigan and Nimakhandi) of Kukudakhandi block.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1974, 12 elections have been held till date.
List of members elected from Gopalpur constituency are:
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Bibhuti Bhusan Jena | BJP | |
2019 | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | BJD | |
2014 | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | BJD | |
2009 | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | BJD | |
2004 | Trinath Behera | INC | |
2000 | Ramachandra Sethi | BJD | |
1995 | Ramachandra Sethi | JD | |
1990 | Ramachandra Sethi | JD | |
1985 | Ghanasyam Behera | INC | |
1980 | Ghanasyam Behera | INC | |
1977 | Ghanasyam Behera | INC | |
1974 | Mohan Nayak | INC |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Jena | 72,071 | 50.11 | 6.4 | |
BJD | Bikram Kumar Panda | 63,009 | 43.81 | 1.88 | |
INC | Shayam Sundar Sahu | 3,361 | 2.34 | 5.11 | |
AAP | P NILAKANTH REDI | 1516 | 1.05 | ||
BSP | SANTOSH KUMAR DAS | 388 | 0.27 | ||
AIFB | S. KUMARI MAMATA | 265 | 0.18 | ||
Bharatiya Bikash Parishad | P TULASAYA REDDY | 332 | 0.23 | ||
SUCI(C) | SUBHASMITA PANIGRAHI | 451 | 0.31 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,200 | 0.83 | ||
Majority | 9062 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,43,839 | ||||
BJP gain from BJD |
2019
In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Jena by a margin of 2673 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | 61,628 | 45.69 | 1.29 | |
BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Jena | 58955 | 43.71 | 13.83 | |
INC | S. Dharmaraj Reddy | 10053 | 7.45 | 11.03 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1293 | 0.96 | ||
ANC | Durya Dhana Behera | 763 | 0.57 | ||
SUCI(C) | P. Siba Prasad Reddy | 667 | 0.49 | ||
AIFB | Santosh Kumar Sahu | 593 | 0.44 | ||
Independent | Biswa Bihari Bishoyi | 936 | 0.69 | ||
Majority | 2673 | 1.98 | |||
Turnout | 134888 | 62.91 | |||
BJD hold |
2014
In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bibhuti Bhusan Jena by a margin of 20,112 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | 55,265 | 46.98 | 4.21 | |
BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Jena | 35,153 | 29.88 | 14.97 | |
INC | Bhagaban Gantayat | 21,741 | 18.48 | −2.96 | |
AAP | Debasish Bebartta | 1,335 | 1.13 | ||
BSP | Jitendra Kumar Panda | 623 | 0.53 | ||
SUCI(C) | P. Sibaprasad Reddy | 585 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | Ujala Behera | 538 | 0.46 | ||
SKD | Namita Panda | 535 | 0.45 | ||
Independent | A. Raghunath Varma | 531 | 0.45 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,337 | 1.14 | − | |
Majority | 20,112 | 17.09 | −4.24 | ||
Turnout | 1,17,643 | 67.26 | 11.71 | ||
Registered electors | 174,905 | ||||
BJD hold |
2009
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dr. Trinath Behera by a margin of 18,758 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJD | Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | 37,612 | 42.77 | − | |
INC | Trinath Behera | 18,854 | 21.44 | − | |
Independent | Anuja Kumar Nayak | 14,679 | 16.69 | − | |
BJP | Bibhuti Bhusan Jena | 13,112 | 14.91 | − | |
Independent | A. Raghunath Verma | 1,094 | 1.24 | − | |
SAMO | Ajit Kumar Dalai | 1,064 | 1.21 | − | |
Independent | Binaya Kumar Padhi | 966 | 1.10 | − | |
Independent | Debasish Pramanik | 565 | 0.64 | − | |
Majority | 18,758 | 21.33 | − | ||
Turnout | 88,010 | 55.55 | − | ||
BJD gain from INC | Swing | -3.74 |