Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Nowrangpur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. It was one of the safe seat of Indian National Congress as Khagapati Pradhani represented this seat for a record 9 times from 1967 to 1998.
Assembly Segments
Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Malkangiri, Chitrakonda, Kotpad, Nabarangpur, Kodinga, Dabugam and Umerkote.
Following delimitation, at present, this constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments: #NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading73Umerkote (ST)NabarangpurNityananda Gond74Jharigam (ST)Narsing Bhatra75Nabarangpur (ST)Gouri Shankar Majhi76Dabugam (ST)Manohar Randhari142Kotpad (ST)KoraputRupu Bhatra146Malkangiri (ST)MalkangiriNarasinga Madkami147Chitrakonda (ST)Mangu Khilla
Elected members
Since its formation in 1952, 17 elections have been held till date.
List of elected members from Nabarangpur constituency are: YearMemberParty1952Ponnada Subba Rao 1962 R Jagannath Rao1967Khagapati Pradhani197119771980198419891991199619981999Parsuram Majhi20042009Pradeep Kumar Majhi2014Balabhadra Majhi2019Ramesh Chandra Majhi2024Balabhadra Majhi
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 87,536 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramesh Chandra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 41,634 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 2,042 votes. NOTA received 44,408 votes (5%) which is significantly higher than the victory margin.
2009 In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Domburu Majhi by a margin of 29,977 votes.
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References
External links Nabarangpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule