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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Jajpur}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Jajpur
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 52
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Jajpur district|Jajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jajpur]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Sujata Sahu (politician)|Sujata Sahu]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,44,613{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Jajpur''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Jajpur district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=52|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303062423/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=52|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 March 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Jajpur (52) District : Jajpur|accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>

The areas in this constituency include [[Jajpur]], 16 [[Gram panchayat|GP]]s (Basudevpur, Beruda, Bhubaneswarpur, Bhuinpur, Bichitrapur, Chainipur, Jahanpur, Khairabad, Mala Anandapur, Markandapur, Nathasahi, Panasa, Maheswarpur, Shyamadaspur, Similia and Upparbaruhan) of Jajpur block and 16 GPs (Susua, Duduranta, Kanikapada, Mangalpur, Akarapada, Champeipal, Chhachina, Chittalo, Dasrathpur, Gopalpur, Kasapa, Katikata, Khandara, Mallikapur, Taliha and Tarpada) of Dasarathpur block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

==Elected members==

{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp25.htm|title= 25 - Jajpur (SC) Assembly Constituency |work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|47.92}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|60.24}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|69.17}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|50.05}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|55.25}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.82}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|42.24}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|57.12}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Janata Party}}|52.06}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|54.61}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|61.25}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1963. It was a 2-member constituency from 1952 to 1971.

List of members elected from Jajpur constituency are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual – 2011: 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><ref>{{cite web|title= Jajpur Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/jajpur.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 2 March 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jajpur Assembly Election Results 2024: Jajpur Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/jajpur-constituency-result-18052 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Sujata Sahu (politician)|Sujata Sahu]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=6|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019" />
| rowspan="3" |[[Pranab Prakash Das]]<ref name=election2019>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=7 October 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|Parameswar Sethi
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| rowspan="2" |Suryamani Jena
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |Jagannath Mallik
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Niranjan Jena
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="3" |Jagannath Mallik
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|-
|Prafulla Chandra Ghadai{{efn|from Jajpur West}}
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Santanu Kumar Das{{efn|from Jajpur East (SC)}}
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|-
|Prafulla Chandra Ghadai{{efn|from Jajpur West}}
|-
|1963 (bypoll){{efn|from Jajpur West}}{{efn|Death of Madan Mohan Patnaik}}
|Narayan Chandra Pati
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=7|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Santanu Kumar Das{{efn|from Jajpur East (SC)}}
|-
|Madan Mohan Patnaik{{efn|from Jajpur West}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Santanu Kumar Das
|-
|Gadadhar Dutta
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Santanu Kumar Das
|-
|Gadadhar Dutta
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th 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, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Sujata Sahu (politician)|Sujata Sahu]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Goutam Ray by 2,564 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Jajpur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sujata Sahu (politician)|Sujata Sahu]]
|votes = 86,049
|percentage = 47.92
|change = {{decrease}}12.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Goutam Ray
|votes = 83,485
|percentage = 46.49
|change = {{increase}}10.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sudip Kumar Kar
|votes = 6,477
|percentage = 3.61
|change = {{increase}}0.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,230
|percentage = 0.68
|change ={{increase}}0.16
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,564
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 179,580
|percentage = 73.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In the 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pranab Prakash Das]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise Odisha Assembly Election Result 2019|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS1852.htm?ac=52|publisher=Election Commission Of India|accessdate=23 May 2019}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Jajpur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pranab Prakash Das]]
|votes = 99,738
|percentage = 60.24
|change = -8.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Goutam Ray
|votes = 59,082
|percentage = 35.68
|change = 24.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Nanda
|votes = 4,745
|percentage = 2.87
|change = -10.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 866
|percentage = 0.52
|change = -0.25
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40,656
|percentage = 24.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,65,572
|percentage = 70.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pranab Prakash Das]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by huge margin of 84,613 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=31 May 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|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Jajpur<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Jajpur|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1852.htm?ac=52|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=31 May 2014|archive-date=31 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531144450/http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1852.htm?ac=52|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Jajpur (52)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=52|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531163524/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=52|url-status=usurped|archive-date=31 May 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pranab Prakash Das]]
|votes = 1,04,458
|percentage = 69.17
|change = 19.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Nanda
|votes = 19,845
|percentage = 13.14
|change = -12.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Jagannath Prasad Samal
|votes = 17,180
|percentage = 11.38
|change = -11.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None
|votes = 1,167
|percentage = 0.77
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 84,613
|percentage = 56.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,51,026
|percentage = 72.89
|change = 9.05
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Pranab Prakash Das]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=30245 |accessdate=2 March 2014 |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 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Jajpur<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 = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Pranab Prakash Das]]
|votes = 61,712
|percentage = 50.05
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Debabrata Kantha
|votes = 31,467
|percentage = 25.52
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Goutam Ray
|votes = 27,785
|percentage = 22.53
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,245
|percentage = 24.53{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,23,340
|percentage = 63.84
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jajpur district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Jajpur district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Jajpur Assembly constituency - Revision history

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