Nabarangpur Assembly constituency

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

Nabarangpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nabarangpur district, Odisha.^[2]

Nabarangpur (ST)
Constituency No. 75 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Nabarangpur
LS constituency	Nabarangpur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,00,439[1][lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gouri Shankar Majhi
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Nabarangpur, Nabarangpur block, Tentulikhunti block, Nandahandi block and 10 Gram panchayats (Madiagam, Chirma, Badambada, Panduguda, Kukudisemla, Rajoda, Bamuni, Sanambada, Binjili and Ukiapali) of Kosagumuda block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			45.35%
2019			34.58%
2014			44.36%
2009			36.41%
2004			49.31%
2000			60.90%
1995			57.80%
1990			48.54%
1985			76.09%
1980			75.75%
1977			55.73%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including in one bypoll in 1960. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957.

List of members elected from Nabarangpur constituency are:^[6][7][8]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Gouri Shankar Majhi		BJP
2019	Sadasiva Pradhani[9]		BJD
2014	Manohar Randhari		BJD
2009	Manohar Randhari		BJD
2004	Habibulla Khan		INC
2000	Habibulla Khan		INC
1995	Habibulla Khan		INC
1990	Habibulla Khan		INC
1985	Habibulla Khan		INC
1980	Habibulla Khan		INC
1977	Habibulla Khan		INC
1974	Habibulla Khan		SWA
1971	Habibulla Khan		SWA
1967	Sadasiba Tripathy		INC
1961	Harijan Miru		INC
1960 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 2]	Jagannath Tripathy		INC
1957[lower-alpha 3]	Harijan Miru		INC
	Sadasiba Tripathy		INC
1951[lower-alpha 4]	Mudi Naiko		INC
	Sadasiba Tripathy		INC

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gouri Shankar Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Kausalya Pradhani by a margin of 25,094 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Nabarangpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gouri Shankar Majhi	90,895	45.35	14.37
	BJD	Kausalya Pradhani	65,801	32.83	1.75
	INC	Dillip Kumar Pradhani	40,271	20.09	9.09
	NOTA	None of the above	3,472	1.73	0.31
Majority			25,094	12.52	8.92
Turnout			2,00,439
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sadasiva Pradhani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gouri Shankar Majhi by a margin of 6064 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Nabarangpur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sadasiva Pradhani	58,335	34.58
	BJP	Gouri Shankar Majhi	52,271	30.98
	INC	Sadan Nayak	49,232	29.18
	Independent	Bedayas Bhatra	5,443	3.23
	NOTA	None of the above	3439	2.04%
Majority			6064	3.60
Turnout			187789	81.13
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sadan Nayak by a margin of 11,389 votes.^[11][8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nabarangpur^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manohar Randhari	76,659	44.36	7.95
	INC	Sadan Nayak	65,270	37.77	3.72
	BJP	Birendra Pujari	13,496	7.81	−12.1
	OJM	Dibakar Pujari	3,195	1.85
	Independent	Puspanjali Nayak	2,491	1.44
	BSP	Narasinh Bhotra	2,334	1.35
	Independent	Bhaskar Majhi	2,035	1.18
	SKD	Laiban Muduli	1,864	1.08
	Independent	Chandradhwaja Majhi	1,849	1.07
	NOTA	None of the above	3,624	2.1	−
Majority			11,389	6.59
Turnout			1,72,817	82.6	12.81
Registered electors			2,09,213
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Manohar Randhari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sadan Nayak by a margin of 3,334 votes.^[14][8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nabarangpur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Manahar Randhari	51,448	36.41	−
	INC	Sadan Nayak	48,114	34.05	−
	BJP	Manjula Majhi	28,135	19.91	−
	SAMO	Bhagaban Jani	8,413	5.95	−
	BSP	Gopinath Majhi	5,200	3.68	−
Majority			3,334	2.36[lower-alpha 5]	−
Turnout			1,41,312	69.79	−0.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000003F−QINU`"'
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 4th June 2024
2. Resignation of Sadasiba Tripathy
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. It was a 2 member constituency
5. % of total valid votes

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