Binjharpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Binjharpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Jajpur
Blocks	Binjharpur, Dasarathpur
Electorate	1,88,092
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Pramila Mallik
Const. No.	48
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jajpur

Binjharpur (Sl. No.: 48) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency include Binjharpur block and 12 GPs (Biripata, Asanpur, Palatpur, Khannagar, Kamardihi, Nizampur, Duttapur, Bihari, Gramnandipur, Thalkudi, Kayan and Chasakhanda) of Dasarathpur block. ^[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pramila Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Babita Mallick by a margin of 31,861 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014			57.4%
2009			43.57%
2004			55.44%
2000			51.48%
1995			41.98%
1990			38.99%
1985			45.06%
1980			47.81%
1977			53.78%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Binjharpur constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (48): Pramila Mallik (BJD)
• 2009: (48): Pramila Mallik (BJD)
• 2004: (29): Pramila Mallik (BJD)
• 2000: (29): Pramila Mallik (BJD)
• 1995: (29): Arjun Das (Congress)
• 1990: (29): Pramila Mallik (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (29): Nabakishore Mallick (Congress)
• 1980: (29): Nabakishore Mallick (Congress-I)
• 1977: (29): Santanu Kumar Das (Janata Party)
• 1974: (29): Baishmab Charan Malik (Congress)
• 1971: (25): Pabitramohan Jena (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (25): Baishmab Charan Malik (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1961: (114): Chittaranjan Nayak (Congress)
• 1957: (81): Bankabehari Das (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1951: (64): Padmanava Roy (Congress)

2014 Election Results

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pramila Mallik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Babita Mallick a margin of 38,190 votes.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Binjharpur[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pramila Mallik	74,532	57.4	-3.65
	INC	Babita Mallick	36,342	27.99	-3.81
	BJP	Deba Prasad Mallik	15,358	11.83	10.01
	SUCI(C)	Radhaballav Malik	1,314	1.01
	AAP	Janardan Das	861	0.66
	Independent	Prasant Kumar Jena	365	0.28
	NOTA	None	1,085	0.84	-
Majority			38,190	29.40	0.15
Turnout			1,29,857	68.38	7.87
Registered electors			1,89,901
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Binjharpur [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pramila Mallik	66,507	61.05	-
	INC	Babita Mallick	34,646	31.80	-
	BJP	Manas Ranjan Mallick	4,159	3.82	-
	BSP	Akshaya Kumar Mallick	1,981	1.82	-
	Independent	Surendra Mallik	1084	1.00	-
	SAMO	Lachhman Jena	321	0.29	-
	Independent	Amar Mallik	243	0.22	-
Majority			31,861	29.25[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,08,979	60.51	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Constituency: Binjharpur (48) District : Jajpur
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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5. "29 - Binjharpur (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Dhamnagar Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
9. "Odisha - Binjharpur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
10. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Binjharpur (48)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf