Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency

Jajpur (SC)
OD-8
Jajpur (SC) ; OD-8
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Assembly constituencies	Binjharpur; Bari; Barachana; Dharmasala; Jajpur; Korei; Sukinda
Established	1952
Total electors	15,43,329
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Rabindra Narayan Behera
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.

Assembly Segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
48	Binjharpur (SC)	Jajpur	Pramila Mallik	BJD
49	Bari		Biswa Ranjan Mallick	BJD
50	Barachana		Amar Kumar Nayak	BJP
51	Dharmasala		Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo	BJP
52	Jajpur		Sujata Sahu	BJD
53	Korei		Akash Dasnayak	BJP
54	Sukinda		Pradeep Bal Samanta	BJP

Before delimitation in 2008, legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Sukinda, Korei, Jajpur, Dharmasala, Barchana, Bari-Derabisi and Binjharpur.^[1]

Vote share of winning candidates

2024			46.01%
2019			49.77%
2014			41.52%
2009			35.32%
2004			51.61%
1999			59.19%
1998			45.72%
1996			46.34%
1991			46.1%
1989			52.74%
1984			54.1%
1980			54.5%
1977			55.56%
1971			50.53%

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

List of members elected from Jajpur constituency are

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[2] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabindra Narayan Behera defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarmistha Sethi by a margin of 1,587 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Jajpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rabindra Narayan Behera	534,239	46.01	5.51
	BJD	Sarmistha Sethi	5,32,652	45.87	3.94
	INC	Anchal Das	53,145	4.58	3.05
	NOTA	None of the above	6,788	0.58	0.08
Majority			1,587	0.14	9.17
Turnout			11,61,208	74.47	0.37
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sarmistha Sethi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Amiya Kanta Mallick by a margin of 1,01,693 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Jajpur^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarmistha Sethi	544,020	49.81	5.40
	BJP	Amiya Kanta Mallick	4,42,327	40.5	25.13
	INC	Manas Jena	83,321	7.63	14.91
	NOTA	None of the above	7,161	0.66
	SUCI(C)	Subasa Chandra Malik	4,950	0.45
	PBI	Tilottama Sethy	4,470	0.41
	BMP	Ranjit Malik	2,049	0.19
	JPJD	Sunakar Behera	1,985	0.18
	FPI	Bhimasen Behera	1,801	0.16
Majority			1,01,693	9.31
Turnout			10,92,965	74.10
	BJD hold

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rita Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ashok Das by a margin of 3,20,271 votes.

2014 Indian general elections: Jajpur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rita Tarai	541,349	55.21
	INC	Ashok Das	2,21,078	22.54
	BJP	Amiya Kanta Mallick	1,50,789	15.37
	Independent	Nabin Kumar Dalai	29,142	2.97
	NOTA	None of the above	8,655	0.88
	AAP	Kalandi Mallik	8,269	0.84
	SUCI(C)	Subash Chandra Mallik	8,065	0.82
	BSP	Debendra Mallik	6,926	0.70
	BMP	Ranjit Mallik	3,409	0.34
	SKD	Gayadhar Mallik	2,753	0.28
Majority			3,20,271	32.67	−
Turnout			9,81,780	75.31
	BJD hold

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mohan Jena defeated Indian National Congress candidate Amiya Kanta Mallik by a margin of 1,27,747 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Jajpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Mohan Jena	433,350	35.32
	INC	Amiya Kanta Mallik	305,603	24.9
	BJP	Parameswar Sethi	48,890	3.98
Majority			1,27,747	15.64
Turnout			8,17,108	66.59
	BJD hold

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