Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency

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	Party		Leading (in 2024)
48	Binjharpur (SC)	Jajpur	Pramila Mallik	Template:Party name with color	Template:Party name with color
49	Bari		Biswa Ranjan Mallick	Template:Party name with color	Template:Party name with color
50	Barachana		Amar Kumar Nayak	Template:Party name with color	Template:Party name with color
51	Dharmasala		Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo	Template:Party name with color	Template:Party name with color
52	Jajpur		Sujata Sahu	Template:Party name with color	Template:Party name with color
53	Korei		Akash Dasnayak	Template:Party name with color	Template:Party name with color
54	Sukinda		Pradeep Bal Samanta	Template:Party name with color	Template:Party name with color

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

Elected Members

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

Year	Member	Party
1952	Bhubananda Das	Template:Full party name with color
	Lakshmi Dhar Jena	Template:Full party name with color
1962	Rama Chandra Mallick	Template:Full party name with color
1967	Baidhar Behara	Template:Full party name with color
1971	Anadi Charan Das	Template:Full party name with colorstyle="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress
1977	Rama Chandra Mallick	Template:Full party name with color
1980	Anadi Charan Das	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Template:Full party name with color
1989		Template:Full party name with color
1991
1996	Anchal Das
1998	Rama Chandra Mallick	Template:Full party name with color
1999	Jagannath Mallick	Template:Full party name with color
2004	Mohan Jena
2009
2014	Rita Tarai
2019	Sarmistha Sethi
2024	Rabindra Narayan Behera	Template:Full party name with color

Election Result

2024

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

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2024 Indian general election: Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sarmistha Sethi	5,32,652	45.87
		Anchal Das	53,145	4.58
		None of the above	6,788	0.58
Majority			1,587	0.14
Turnout			11,61,208	74.47
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

2019

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.

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2019 Indian general elections: Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Amiya Kanta Mallick	4,42,327	40.5
		Manas Jena	83,321	7.63
		None of the above	7,161	0.66
		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
	hold

2014

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

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2014 Indian general elections: Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ashok Das	2,21,078	22.54
		Amiya Kanta Mallick	1,50,789	15.37
	Independent	Nabin Kumar Dalai	29,142	2.97
		None of the above	8,655	0.88
		Kalandi Mallik	8,269	0.84
		Subash Chandra Mallik	8,065	0.82
		Debendra Mallik	6,926	0.70
	BMP	Ranjit Mallik	3,409	0.34
		Gayadhar Mallik	2,753	0.28
Majority			3,20,271	32.67
Turnout			9,81,780	75.31
	hold

2009

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.

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2009 Indian general elections: Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Amiya Kanta Mallik	305,603	24.9
		Parameswar Sethi	48,890	3.98
Majority			1,27,747	15.64
Turnout			8,17,108	66.59
	hold