Hinjili Assembly constituency

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

Hinjili is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha.^[1]

Hinjili
Constituency No. 131 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
LS constituency	Aska
Established	1957
Total electors	220538
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Naveen Patnaik
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Area of this constituency includes Hinjilicut, Hinjilicut block and Sheragada block.^[2][3][4]

It is the constituency of Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik since 2000.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			46.85%
2019			66.32%
2014			73.14%
2009			76.04%
2004			72.72%
2000			65.35%
1995			51.40%
1990			48.22%
1985			65.18%
1980			60.24%
1977			57.12%

Since its formation in 1957, 16 elections were held till date.

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

Year	Name	Party
2024	Naveen Patnaik		BJD
2019
2014
2009
2004
2000
1995	Udayanath Nayak		INC
1990	Harihar Sahu		JD
1985	Udayanath Nayak		INC
1980	Brundabana Nayak		JP(S)
1977			INC
1974			Utkal Congress
1971
1967			INC
1961
1957

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024.^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Hinjili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Naveen Patnaik	66,459	46.85	19.45
	BJP	Sisir Mishra	61,823	43.59	19.68
	INC	Ranjikant Padhi	5,380	3.79	1.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,921	1.35	0.29
Majority			4,636	3.26	39.35
Turnout			141,844
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pitambar Acharya by a margin of 60,160 votes.

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Hinjili^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Naveen Patnaik	94,065	66.32	6.82
	BJP	Pitambar Acharya	33,905	23.91	13.85
	INC	Sambhu Panigrahi	7,265	5.12	5.27
	BSP	Bhaskar Choudhury	994	0.7	New
	ANC	Ranjan Kumar Apata	688	0.49	New
	SUCI(C)	Tirupati Dora	918	0.65	New
	Independent	Babula Sahu	856	0.6	New
	Independent	Cipadi Lakshmi Achary	865	0.61	New
	Independent	Sukanta Kishor Panda	773	0.55	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,503	1.06	0.49
Majority			60,160	42.61	20.14
Turnout			141832	64.31	3.44
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sibaram Patra by 76,586 votes.^[10]

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Hinjili^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Naveen Patnaik	89,267	73.14	2.90
	INC	Sibaram Patra	12,681	10.39	1.78
	BJP	Devananda Mahapatra	12,283	10.06	2.36
	Independent	Ram Krishna Dash	2,312	1.89	N/A
	AOP	Bijaya Mohanty	1,192	0.97	N/A
	AAP	Mohammad Sazid Hussain	958	0.78	N/A
	AITC	Harihar Sahu	775	0.63	N/A
	SKD	Rabi Rath	681	0.55	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,895	1.55	N/A
Majority			76,586	62.75	1.13
Turnout			1,22,044	60.87	10.48
Registered electors			2,00,469
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Naveen Patnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Raghab Parida by 61,273 votes.^[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Hinjili^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Naveen Patnaik	72,942	76.04	3.34
	INC	Raghaba Parida	11,669	12.17	11.33
	BJP	Debananda Mahapatra	7,389	7.7	−
	Independent	Laxmi Narayan Panda	2,129	2.22	−
	SAMO	Sushanta Panda	970	1.01	−
	RSP	Abhimanyu Padhi	823	0.86	−
Majority			61,273	63.88[a]	15.28
Turnout			95,938	50.39	0.61
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "73 - Hinjili Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
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8. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
9. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
10. "Odisha Result Status". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
11. "Odisha - Hinjili". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
12. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013. 61273
13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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