Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency

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
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sarmistha Sethi
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

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
48	Binjharpur (SC)	Jajpur	Pramila Mallik		BJD
49	Bari		Sunanda Das
50	Barachana		Amar Prasad Satpathy
51	Dharmasala		Pranab Kumar Balabantaray
52	Jajpur		Pranab Prakash Das]
53	Korei		Ashok Kumar Bal
54	Sukinda		Pritiranjan Gharai

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
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
As Jajpur Keonjhar Constituency
1952	Bhubananda Das		INC
	Laxmidhar Jena		AIGP
1957 : Constituency did not exist
As Jajpur Constituency
1962	Rama Chandra Mallick		INC
1967	Baidhar Behara		PSP
1971	Anadi Charan Das		INC
1977	Rama Chandra Mallick		BLD
1980	Anadi Charan Das		INC
1984
1989			JD
1991
1996	Anchal Das
1998	Rama Chandra Mallick		INC
1999	Jagannath Mallick		BJD
2004	Mohan Jena
2009
2014	Rita Tarai
2019	Sarmistha Sethi
2024

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.

2024 Indian general election: Jajpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sarmistha Sethi
	BJP	Rabindra Narayan Behera
	INC	Anchal Das
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

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.

2019 Indian general elections: Jajpur

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

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.

2014 Indian general elections: Jajpur

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

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.

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