Puri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Puri (Sl. No.: 107) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Puri.

Puri
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictPuri
BlocksPuri Sadar, Gop
Electorate2,21,892 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsPuri
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJP
MLAJayanta Kumar Sarangi
Const. No.107
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesPuri

This constituency includes Puri, 15 Gram panchayats (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and 3 GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of Gop block.[3][4]

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
 
 53.44%
2009
 
 51.58%
2004
 
 53.61%
2000
 
 53.65%
1995
 
 33.55%
1990
 
 73.20%
1985
 
 50.89%
1980
 
 50.65%
1977
 
 61.93%

Sixteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including one Bye election in 1991.[6] Elected member from the Puri constituency are:[7][8]

  • 2014: (107): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
  • 2009: (107): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
  • 2004: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
  • 2000: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (BJD)
  • 1995: (56): Maheswar Mohanty (Janata Dal)
  • 1991: (Bye Poll): Uma Ballav Rath (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (Janata Party)
  • 1980: (56): Gadadhar Mishra (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (56): Braja Kishore Tripathy (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (56): Brajamohan Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1971: (52): Brajamohan Mohanty (Congress)
  • 1967: (52): Harihar Bahinipati (PSP)
  • 1961: (91): Bhagwan Pratihari (Congress)
  • 1957: (63): Harihar Bahinipati (PSP)
  • 1951: (86): Fakir Charan Das (Socialist Party)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Puri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jayanta Kumar Sarangi 76747 43.28
BJD Maheswar Mohanty 72739 40.21
INC Auro Prasad Mishra 12934 8.4
BSP Suchendra Bhoi 856 0.55
AIFB Jitendriya Behera 465 0.3
Independent Gopal Krushna Panda 700 0.45 Bold text
NOTA None of the above 1281 0.82
Turnout 155722
BJP gain from BJD Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Congress Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 votes.[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Puri [11][12]
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 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.[13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Puri[14]
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[lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,18,889 57.67 -2.71[lower-alpha 3]
BJD hold

Notes
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 60.38%

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Constituency: Puri (107) District: Puri
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "56 - Puri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. "BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  8. "Puri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  10. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. "Odisha - Puri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Puri (107)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 13394
  14. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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