Paradeep (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Paradeep
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Jagatsinghpur
Blocks	Kujang, Tirtol
Electorate	2,31,429 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Paradeep
Current constituency
Created	2009
Party	BJD
MLA	Damodara Rout
Const. No.	101
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jagatsinghpur

Paradeep (Sl. No.: 101) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha.^[2]

This constituency includes Paradeep, Kujang block and 7 Gram panchayats (Amberi, Kolar, Samantarapur, Poragadei, Manijanga, Bodhei and Jadatira) of Tirtol block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
2014			59.15%
2009			53.21%

Only two elections were held in 2009 and 2014. Elected members from the Paradeep constituency is:^[5]

• 2014: (101): Damodar Rout (BJD)
• 2009: (101): Damodar Rout (BJD)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Damodar Rout defeated Indian National Congress candidate Arindam Sarkhel by a margin of 38,600 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Damodar Rout	85,206	59.15	5.94
	INC	Arindam Sarkhel	46,606	32.35	21.43
	BJP	Diptirekha Nayak	5,832	4.05	1.14
	CPI	Jinmayee Sahani	2,276	1.58	-
	BSP	Manoj Patra	1,127	0.78	-0.12
	AAP	Mathurananda Das	1,032	0.72	-
	SKD	Bimala Chandra Pattnayak	620	0.43	-
	Kalinga Sena	Kapila Charan Jena	258	0.18	-
	OJM	Rashmi Ranjan Samal	172	0.12	-
	NOTA	None	926	0.64	-
Majority			38,600	26.79	2.64
Turnout			144055	76.63	9.01
Registered electors			1,87,991
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Damodara Rout defeated Independent candidate Ramesh Samantaray by a margin of 30,351 votes.^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Paradeep^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJD	Damodara Rout	66,863	53.21	-
	Independent	Ramesh Samantaray	36,512	29.05	-
	INC	Pramod Kishore Jena	13,718	10.92	-
	BJP	Sankhanada Behera	3,652	2.91	-
	Independent	Govind Chandra Tarai	2,898	2.31	-
	BSP	Saumendra Sekhar Biswal	1,132	0.90	-
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Swain	892	0.71	-
Majority			30,351	24.15[lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,25,681	67.62	-
Registered electors			1,85,874
	BJD win (new seat)

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Paradeep (101) District: Jagatsinghpur
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "Paradeep Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
6. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014.". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
7. "Odisha - Paradeep". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 16 April 2014. 30351
9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf