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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|G. Udayagiri}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = G. Udayagiri
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 83
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Southern Division
| district = [[Kandhamal district|Kandhamal]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency|Kandhamal]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = ST
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Prafulla Chandra Pradhan]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,08,617{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''G. Udayagiri''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Kandhamal district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=83 |title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work= empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: G. Udayagiri (83) District : Kandhamal |accessdate= 20 February 2014 |archive-date= 23 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140223020227/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=83 |url-status= usurped }}</ref>

Area of this constituency includes [[G. Udayagiri]], G. Udayagiri block, Daringbadi block, Tikabali block and Raikia block.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf|title=Assembly Constituencies and their Extent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls|title=Seats of Odisha}}</ref>

==Elected members==
{{bar box
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|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp103.htm|title= 103 - G.Udayagiri Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 27 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|37.06}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|38.61}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|39.82}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|43.92}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|48.76}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|50.08}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.73}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.78}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|58.25}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|54.15}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|53.73}}
}}
Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from G. Udayagiri constituency are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004) |accessdate=2014-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-17 }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
!colspan="4"|''As Udaygiri Mohana Constituency''
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Pattu Maliko
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
!colspan="4"|''As G Udayagiri Constituency''
|-
|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Sarangdhar Pradhan
|{{Full party name with color|All India Ganatantra Parishad}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Sarangdhar Padhi
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
!colspan="4"|''As Udayagiri Constituency''
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan=3|Gopal Pradhan
|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Ranjit Kumar Pradhan
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|rowspan=4|[[Nagarjuna Pradhan|Nagarjun Pradhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|[[Saluga Pradhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|[[Ajayanti Pradhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
!colspan="4"|''As G. Udayagiri Constituency''
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|Manoj Kumar Pradhan
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|[[Jacob Pradhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="ECI 2019 results" />
|[[Saluga Pradhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=G. Udayagiri Assembly Election Results 2024: G. Udayagiri Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/g.-udayagiri-constituency-result-18083 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Prafulla Chandra Pradhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Prafulla Chandra Pradhan]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Managobinda Pradhan by a margin of 7,857 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], G. Udayagiri}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Prafulla Chandra Pradhan]]
|votes = 53,530
|percentage = 37.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Managobinda Pradhan
|votes = 45,673
|percentage = 31.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Saluga Pradhan]]
|votes = 40,373
|percentage = 27.95
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,507
|percentage = 1.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,857
|percentage = 5.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,44,451
|percentage = 69.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Saluga Pradhan]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Shyamghana Pradhan by a margin of 11,261 votes.<ref name="ECI 2019 results">{{cite web |title=Odisha Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], G. Udayagiri<ref name="SP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase2/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%282nd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=17 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Saluga Pradhan]]
|votes = 53,238
|percentage = 38.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Shyamghana Pradhan
|votes = 41,977
|percentage = 30.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Archana Pradhan
|votes = 35,998
|percentage = 26.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = [[Jacob Pradhan]]
|votes = 1920
|percentage = 1.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 938
|percentage = 0.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,261
|percentage = 8.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,37,875
|percentage = 68.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,00,776
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In 2014 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Jacob Pradhan]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Pradeep Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,289 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|accessdate=2 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |title=[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: G. Udayagiri<ref name=election2014>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3631-orissa-2014/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Jacob Pradhan]]
|votes = 48,958
|percentage = 39.82
|change = {{up}}19.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Pradeep Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 39,669
|percentage = 31.45
|change = {{up}}16.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Managobinda Pradhan
|votes = 27,295
|percentage = 22.2
|change = {{down}}21.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,790
|percentage = 1.46
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,289
|percentage = 8.37
|change = {{down}}14.99
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,22,940
|percentage = 71.04
|change = {{up}}5.59
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,73,047
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009===
In 2009 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Manoj Kumar Pradhan defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Ajayanti Pradhan]] by a margin of 23,935 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 |accessdate=20 February 2014 |work=leadtech.in |quote=23935}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], G. Udayagiri<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Manoj Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 45,009
|percentage = 43.92
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ajayanti Pradhan]]|votes=21,074|percentage=20.56|change=''-''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Biju Janata Dal|candidate=Luko Sunamajhi|votes=15,818|percentage=15.44|change=''-''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Saluga Pradhan]]|votes=10,715|percentage=10.46|change=''-''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=23,935|percentage=23.36{{efn|%of total valid votes}}|change=''-''}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,02,536|percentage=65.45|change=''-''}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Kandhamal district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Kandhamal district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

G. Udayagiri Assembly constituency - Revision history

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