Puri (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
This constituency includes Puri, and 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and three GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1991.
List of members elected from Puri constituency are:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sunil Kumar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 2019 | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | BJP | |
| 2014 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 2009 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 2004 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 2000 | Maheswar Mohanty | BJD | |
| 1995 | Maheswar Mohanty | JD | |
| 1991 (bypoll) | Uma Ballav Rath | JD | |
| 1990 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | JD | |
| 1985 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | JP | |
| 1980 | Gadadhar Mishra | INC(I) | |
| 1977 | Braja Kishore Tripathy | JP | |
| 1974 | Brajamohan Mohanty | INC | |
| 1971 | Brajamohan Mohanty | Congress (R) | |
| 1967 | Harihar Bahinipati | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1961 | Bhagwan Pratihari | INC | |
| 1957 | Harihar Bahinipati | PSP | |
| 1951 | Fakir Charan Das | Socialist | |
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes is on 4th June 2024.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sunil Kumar Mohanty | 74,709 | 45.84 |  5.63
| |
| BJP | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | 69,531 | 42.66 |  0.62
| |
| INC | Uma Ballav Rath | 13,169 | 8.08 | 6.14
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 918 | 0.56 | 0.26
| |
| Majority | 5,178 | ||||
| Turnout | 162,982 | ||||
| BJD gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2019
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty by a margin of 4008 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jayanta Kumar Sarangi | 76,747 | 43.28 | ||
| BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 72739 | 40.21 | ||
| INC | Auro Prasad Mishra | 2934 | 1.94 | ||
| BSP | Suchendra Bhoi | 856 | 0.55 | ||
| AIFB | Jitendriya Behera | 465 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Gopal Krushna Panda | 700 | 0.45 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1281 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 4008 | 3.07 | |||
| Turnout | 155722 | 63.96 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2014
In the 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 76,760 | 53.44 | 1.86 | |
| INC | Uma Ballav Rath | 42,039 | 29.27 | 23.52 | |
| BJP | Krushna Chandra Panda | 17,560 | 12.23 | −28.09 | |
| SKD | Surendranath Dash | 2,504 | 1.74 | − | |
| AAP | Aditya Hruday Mishra | 1,058 | 0.74 | − | |
| BSP | Basanti Bhoi | 921 | 0.64 | −0.34 | |
| AOP | Sridhar Mishra | 580 | 0.4 | − | |
| AITC | Nrusingha Charan Das | 348 | 0.24 | − | |
| Independent | Rama Chandra Pradhan | 331 | 0.23 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1526 | 1.06 | − | |
| Majority | 34,721 | 24.17 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,627 | 64.73 | 7.06 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,21,892 | ||||
| BJD hold | |||||
2009
In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Maheswar Mohanty | 61,328 | 51.58 | −2.03 | |
| BJP | Uma Ballav Rath | 47,934 | 40.32 | − | |
| INC | Uttam Kumar Acharya | 4,832 | 3.75 | − | |
| BSP | Kashinath Bhoi | 1,161 | 0.98 | − | |
| Independent | Rama Chandra Pradhan | 634 | 0.53 | − | |
| SP | Narayan Khuntia | 633 | 0.53 | − | |
| Kalinga Sena | Sarada Devi Panda | 367 | 0.31 | − | |
| Majority | 13,394 | 11.27 | − | ||
| Turnout | 1,18,889 | 57.67 | −2.71'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000023−QINU`"' | ||
| BJD hold | |||||
Notes
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