Pallahara Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Pallahara.

Pallahara (Sl. No.: 59) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.^[1]

Pallahara
Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency
District	Angul
Blocks	Pallahara, Kaniha
Electorate	1,46,026^[a]
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJD
MLA	Mr. mukesh pal
Const. No.	59
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Dhenkanal

This constituency includes Pallahara block and 19 GPs (Balipasi, Kuluma, Rengali, Susuba, Arkil, Gandamula, Bajrakote, Hanumanpur, Dalaka, Karnapal, Parabil, Burukuna, Kulei, Deranga, Kakudia, Talapada, Biru, Hariharapur and Samal) of Kaniha block.^[2][3]

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Pani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan by a margin of 5,467 votes.^[4]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates ^[5]
2014			34.59%
2009			37.96%
2004			53.20%
2000			36.82%
1995			45.64%
1990			74.94%
1985			43.97%
1980			39.68%
1977			34.65%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Pallahara constituency are:^[6][7]

• 2019: (59): Mukesh Kumar Pal (BJD)
• 2014: (59): Mahesh Sahoo (BJD)
• 2009: (59): Rabi Narayan Pani (BJD)
• 2004: (121): Nrusingha Sahoo (Congress)
• 2000: (121): Dharmendra Pradhan (BJP)
• 1995: (121): Bibhudhendra Pratap Das (Congress)
• 1990: (121): Nrusingha Charan Sahu (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (121): Bibhudhendra Pratap Das (Congress)
• 1980: (121): Bibhudhendra Pratap Das (Congress-I)
• 1977: (121): Dharanidhar Pradhan (Independent)
• 1974: (121): Narayan Sahu (Congress)
• 1971: (133): Narayan Sahu (Congress)
• 1967: (133): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Jana Congress)
• 1961: (73): Pabitra Mohan Pradhan (Congress)
• 1957: (49): Mrutyunjaya Pal (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (16): Mahesh Chandra Subahu Singh (Congress)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mukesh Kumar Pal
	BJP	Ashok Mohanty
	INC	Subrat Garnayak
	BSP	Binoda Bihari Boita
	SUCI(C)	Nirmala Pradhan
	API	Bijay Kumar Behera
	CPI(M)	Mina Pradhan
	Independent	Dola Gobinda Mohapatra
	Independent	Sarojini Sahoo
	Independent	Sundeep Kumar Pradhan
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	TBA gain from TBA		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mahesh Sahoo defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Mohanty by a margin of 5,294 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara ^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mahesh Sahoo	44,264	34.59
	BJP	Ashok Mohanty	38,970	30.46
	INC	Subodh Chandra Pani	18,487	14.45
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Sahu	13,037	10.19
	Independent	Sripati Sinko	2,948	2.3
	Independent	Sundeep Kumar Pradhan	1,980	1.55
	API	Bijaya Kumar Behera	1,136	0.89
	OJM	Maharga Singh	1,132	0.88
	BSP	Jambeswar Pattanaik	1,121	0.88
	AOP	Paramananda Behera	857	0.67
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Jena	835	0.65
	SKD	Golap Sahoo	759	0.59
	Independent	Motilal Chatamba	666	0.52
	AAP	Jugal Kishor Jit	631	0.49
	NOTA	None of the above	1135	0.89	-
Majority			5,294	41.37	36.31
Turnout			1,27,958	83.83	9.9
Registered electors			1,52,634
	BJD hold

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Pallahara^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rabi Narayan Pani	40,980	37.96	-
	BJP	Dharmendra Pradhan	35,513	32.90	-
	INC	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das	21,258	19.69	-
	Independent	Sripati Sinko	2,345	2.17	-
	SP	Abani Kumar Sahoo	1,867	1.73	-
	BSP	Paramananda Bilas	1,311	1.21	-
	Independent	Chittaranjan Pradhan	983	0.91	-
	Independent	Sanjaya Kumar Naik	768	0.71	-
	Independent	Birabar Behera	576	0.53	-
	Independent	Gayadhar Kisan	528	0.49	-
	RPD	Dulabh Behera	489	0.45	-
	Independent	Routara Naik	394	0.36	-
	Kalinga Sena	Ramesh Chandra Sahoo	373	0.35	-
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Nayak	301	0.28	-
	Independent	Bijay Kumar Pradhan	271	0.25	-
Majority			5,467	5.06^[b]	-
Turnout			1,07,959	73.93	-

Notes

1. as of 2009 election
2. %of total valid votes

References

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