Nabarangpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

Assembly segments

Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Malkangiri, Chitrakonda, Kotpad, Nabarangpur, Kodinga, Dabugam, Umarkote.[1]

Following delimitation, at present, this constituency comprises the following legislative assembly segments:

  1. Umerkote
  2. Jharigam
  3. Nabarangpur
  4. Dabugam
  5. Kotpad
  6. Malkangiri
  7. Chitrakonda

Members of Parliament

Elected members of this constituency are: [2]

2014 Election

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Balabhadra Majhi defeated Indian National Congress candidate Pradeep Kumar Majhi by a margin of 2,042 votes. [3] In Nabarangpur, NOTA received 44408 votes (5%) which is significantly higher than the victory margin. [4]

2014 General Election, Nabarangpur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJD Balabhadra Majhi 3,73,887 37%
INC Pradeep Kumar Majhi 3,71,845 37%
BJP Parsuram Majhi 1,38,430 14%
BSP Gopinath Jani 31,707 4%
OJM Arjuna Bhotra 24,832 3%
AOP Gopal Pujari 18,675 2%
Independent Chandradhwaja Majhi 18,388 2%
NOTA None 44,408 -
Majority 2,042 -
BJD gain from INC

References

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