Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency

Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Nowrangpur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. It was one of the safe seat of Indian National Congress as Khagapati Pradhani represented this seat for a record 9 times from 1967 to 1998.

Nabarangpur (ST) OD-12
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Umerkote Jharigam Nabarangpur Dabugam Kotpad Malkangiri Chitrakonda
Established	1952
Total electors	15,13,787
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Balabhadra Majhi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly Segments

Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Malkangiri, Chitrakonda, Kotpad, Nabarangpur, Kodinga, Dabugam and Umerkote.^[1]

Following delimitation, at present, this constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
73	Umerkote (ST)	Nabarangpur	Nityananda Gond		BJP		BJP
74	Jharigam (ST)		Narsing Bhatra		BJP		BJP
75	Nabarangpur (ST)		Gouri Shankar Majhi		BJP		BJP
76	Dabugam (ST)		Manohar Randhari		BJD		BJD
142	Kotpad (ST)	Koraput	Rupu Bhatra		BJP		BJP
146	Malkangiri (ST)	Malkangiri	Narasinga Madkami		BJP		BJP
147	Chitrakonda (ST)		Mangu Khilla		INC		INC

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			38.74%
2019			33.78%
2014			36.57%
2009			38.93%
2004			46.11%
1999			50.78%
1998			50.06%
1996			58.04%
1991			48.11%
1989			50.48%
1984			71.53%
1980			59.21%
1977			51.14%
1971			41.90%

Since its formation in 1952, 17 elections have been held till date.

List of elected members from Nabarangpur constituency are:^[2]

Year	Member	Party
1952	Ponnada Subba Rao		Ganatantra Parishad
1957 : Constituency did not exist
1962	R Jagannath Rao		Indian National Congress
1967	Khagapati Pradhani
1971
1977
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999	Parsuram Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2009	Pradeep Kumar Majhi		Indian National Congress
2014	Balabhadra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
2019	Ramesh Chandra Majhi
2024	Balabhadra Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[3] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 87,536 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Nabarangpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Balabhadra Majhi	481,396	38.74	9.24
	BJD	Pradeep Kumar Majhi	3,93,860	31.70	2.08
	INC	Bhujabal Majhi	3,03,392	24.42	5.78
	NOTA	None of the above	43,268	3.48
Majority			87,536	7.04
Turnout			12,42,475	82.16	2.64
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 41,634 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Nabarangpur^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramesh Chandra Majhi	392,504	33.78	2.79
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Majhi	3,50,870	30.20	6.17
	BJP	Balabhadra Majhi	3,42,839	29.50	15.96
	NOTA	None of the above	44,582	3.84
	BSP	Chandradhwaj Majhi	28,905	2.49
Majority			41,634	3.58
Turnout			11,61,787	79.52
	BJD hold

2014 Election

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 2,042 votes.^[6] In Nabarangpur, NOTA received 44408 votes (5%) which is significantly higher than the victory margin.^[7]

2014 Indian general elections: Nabarangpur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Balabhadra Majhi	373,887	36.57
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Majhi	3,71,845	36.37
	BJP	Parsuram Majhi	1,38,430	13.54
	NOTA	None of the above	44,408	4.34
	BSP	Gopinath Jani	31,707	3.10
	OJM	Arjun Bhatra	24,832	2.42
	AOP	Gopal Pujari	18,675	1.82
	Independent	Chandradhwaja Majhi	18,388	1.79
Majority			2,042	0.20
Turnout			10,22,187	78.80
	BJD gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Domburu Majhi by a margin of 29,977 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Nabarangpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradeep Kumar Majhi	308,307	38.93
	BJD	Domburu Majhi	2,78,330	35.15
	BJP	Parsuram Majhi	1,56,784	19.80
	BSP	Chandradhwaja Majhi	48,514	6.13
Majority			29,977	3.79
Turnout			7,91,935	65.14
	INC hold