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Pallahara (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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District
  
Angul

Electorate
  
1,46,026

Party
  
BJD

Founded
  
1951

Blocks
  
Pallahara, Kaniha

Created
  
1951

MLA
  
Rabi Narayan Pani

Pallahara(Odia: ପାଲଲହଡ଼ା ବିଧାନସଭା ନିର୍ବାଚନ ମଣ୍ଡଳୀ) (Sl. No.: 59) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.

Contents

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.

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

Elected Members

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Pallahara constituency are:

  • 2014: (59): Mahesh Sahoo (BJD)
  • 2009: (59): Rabi Narayan Pani (Biju Janata Dal|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)

    • 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.

    References

    Pallahara (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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