Dharmasala (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dharmasala
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Jajpur
Blocks	Dharmasala, Rasulpur
Electorate	1,85,076
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray
Const. No.	51
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jajpur

Dharmasala (Sl. No.: 51) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.^[1]

Area of this constituency include Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block. ^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2014			68.6%
2009			58.25%
2004			56.65%
2000			47.82%
1995			48.91%
1990			59.48%
1985			48.59%
1980			28.68%
1977			53.18%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Dharmasala constituency are: ^[5][6]

• 2014: (51): Pranab Kumar Balabantaray (BJD)
• 2009: (51): Kalpataru Das (BJD)
• 2004: (26): Kalpataru Das (BJD)
• 2000: (26): Kalpataru Das (BJD)
• 1995: (26): Kalpataru Das (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (26): Gurcharan Tikayat (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (26): Kangali Charan Panda (Congress)
• 1980: (26): Kangali Charan Panda (Independent)
• 1977: (26): Rabi Das (Janata Party)
• 1974: (26): Banka Behari Das (Congress)
• 1971: (23): Banka Behari Das (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1967: (23): Paramananda Mohanty (Praja Socialist Party)
• 1961: (116): Gadadhar Dutta (Congress)
• 1957: (83): Madan Mohan Patnayak (Congress) and Mayadhar Singh (Congress)
• 1951: (63): Paramananda Mohanty (Socialist Party)

2014 Election Results

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srinath Mishra a margin of 85,786 votes.^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala[8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray	1,09,241	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
	Odisha Janmorcha	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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalpataru Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kangali Charan Panda by a margin of 35,133 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Dharmasala [11]
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[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,37,126	74.09	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Constituency: Dharmasala (51) District : Jajpur
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "26 - Dharamsala Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Dharamsala Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
7. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
8. "Odisha - Dharmasala". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
9. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Dharmasala (51)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 1 March 2014. 35133
11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf