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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Koraput (ST) {{Small|OD-21}}
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Odisha/Koraput.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Koraput Lok Sabha constituency
| state = [[Odisha]]
| established = 1952
| reservation = ST
| electors = 14,81,642{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
| incumbent_image = Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka MP 2024.jpg
| mp = [[Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka]]
| party = {{flagicon image|Indian National Congress Flag.svg}}[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| assembly_cons = [[Gunupur Assembly constituency|Gunupur]] [[Bissam Cuttack Assembly constituency|Bissam Cuttack]] [[Rayagada Assembly constituency|Rayagada]] [[Laxmipur Assembly constituency|Lakshmipur]] [[Jeypore Assembly constituency|Jeypore]] [[Koraput Assembly constituency|Koraput]] [[Pottangi Assembly constituency|Pottangi]]
}}

'''Koraput''' is a [[Lok Sabha]] parliamentary [[constituency]] in [[Odisha]]. It's considered a bastion of [[Indian National Congress]] as it has won this seat for a record 16 times out of 18 elections including one bypoll . Former Chief Minister of Odisha [[Giridhar Gamang]] has represented this constituency for a record 9 times from 1972 to 2004.

==Assembly Segments==

Assembly constituencies which constitute this parliamentary constituency are:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf
|title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|access-date=2008-09-20
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304184320/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf
|archive-date=March 4, 2009
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |Leading
{{small|(in 2024)}}
|-
|138
|[[Gunupur Assembly constituency|Gunupur]] (ST)
| rowspan="3" |[[Rayagada district|Rayagada]]
|[[Satyajeet Gomango]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=7}}
|-
|139
|[[Bissam Cuttack Assembly constituency|Bissam Cuttack]] (ST)
|[[Nilamadhab Hikaka]]
|-
|140
|[[Rayagada Assembly constituency|Rayagada]] (ST)
|[[Kadraka Appala Swamy]]
|-
|141
|[[Laxmipur Assembly constituency|Lakshmipur]] (ST)
| rowspan="4" |[[Koraput district|Koraput]]
|[[Pabitra Saunta]]
|-
|143
|[[Jeypore Assembly constituency|Jeypore]]
|[[Tara Prasad Bahinipati]]
|-
|144
|[[Koraput Assembly constituency|Koraput]] (SC)
|[[Raghuram Machha]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|145
|[[Pottangi Assembly constituency|Pottangi]] (ST)
|[[Rama Chandra Kadam]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

== Elected members ==

{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|41.03}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|34.34}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|30.39}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|25.68}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|45.5}}
{{bar percent|1999|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.33}}
{{bar percent|1998|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|53.92}}
{{bar percent|1996|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|57.59}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|66.14}}
{{bar percent|1989|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|56.41}}
{{bar percent|1984|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|68.52}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|64.6}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|55.06}}
{{bar percent|1971|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|42.84}}
}}

Since its formation in 1952, 18 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1972.

List of members elected from Koraput constituency are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
| colspan="4"| {{center|''As Rayagada Phulbani Constituency''}}
|-
|[[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[T. Sanganna]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| colspan="4"| {{center|''As Koraput Constituency''}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|[[Jagannath Rao|R. Jagannath Rao]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=7|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[T. Sanganna]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ramachandra Ulaka]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[Bhagirathi Gamang]]
|-
|1972 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of [[Bhagirathi Gamang]]}}
| rowspan="8" |[[Giridhar Gamang]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=7|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[Hema Gamang]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Giridhar Gamang]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Koraput 2009 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/www.indiavotes.com/pc/detailsearch?eid=15&pcname=Koraput&submit= |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|[[Jayaram Pangi]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|[[Jhina Hikaka]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Koraput 2019 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/www.indiavotes.com/pc/detailsearch?eid=17&pcname=Koraput&submit= |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan =2|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Koraput (ST) lok sabha election results 2024: Koraput (ST) Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/odisha/koraput-st-constituency-result-18521 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]] |access-date=1 June 2024 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507223908/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Kausalya Hikaka by a margin of 1,47,744 votes.<ref name=":3" />
{{Election box begin |
|title = [[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Koraput]]<ref name="Koraput Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024">{{cite news |title=Koraput Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/odisha/koraput |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324144036/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/odisha/koraput |archive-date=24 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Koraput">{{cite news |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Koraput |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1821.htm |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324144147/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1821.htm |archive-date=24 March 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka]]
|votes = 471,393
|percentage = 41.03
|change = {{increase}}6.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Kausalya Hikaka
|votes = 323,649
|percentage = 28.17
|change = {{decrease}}5.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kaliram Majhi
|votes = 232,514
|percentage = 20.24
|change = {{increase}}0.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 37,131
|percentage = 3.23
|change = {{decrease}}0.15
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 147,744
|percentage = 12.86
|change = {{increase}}12.52
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,55,221
|percentage = 77.97
|change = {{increase}}2.62
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate Kausalya Hikaka by a margin of 3,613 votes.<ref name=":2" />

{{Election box begin|
|title = [[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Koraput]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka]]
|votes = 371,129
|percentage = 34.36
|change = {{decrease}}3.62
|Symbol =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = Kausalya Hikaka
|votes = 367,516
|percentage = 34.02
|change = {{decrease}}5.91
|Symbol =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jayaram Pangi]]
|votes = 208,398
|percentage = 19.29
|change = {{increase}}10.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 36,561
|percentage = 3.38
|change = 0.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bhaskar Mutuka
|votes = 35,764
|percentage = 3.31
|change = 0.22
|Symbol =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ambedkarite Party of India
|candidate = Banamali Majhi
|votes = 18,849
|percentage = 1.75
|change = 0.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Damodara Sabar
|votes = 26,117
|percentage = 2.42
|change = 1.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star
|candidate = Rajendra Kendruka
|votes = 15,827
|percentage = 1.47
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,613
|percentage = 0.34
|change = {{decrease}}1.61
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,080,669
|percentage = 75.34
|change = {{up}}2.19
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Jhina Hikaka]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Giridhar Gamang]] by a margin of 19,328 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Odisha Result Status|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS18.htm?st=S18|publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA|access-date=31 May 2014|archive-date=28 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528011759/http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS18.htm?st=S18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title = [[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Koraput]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1821.htm?ac=21|title=Election Commission of India}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Koraput(21)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=987&cid=21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917041123/http://empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=987&cid=21|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 September 2017|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Jhina Hikaka]]
|votes = 395,109
|percentage = 39.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Giridhar Gamang]]
|votes = 375,781
|percentage = 37.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shibashankar Ulka
|votes = 89,788
|percentage = 9.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Praska Renga
|votes = 34,957
|percentage = 3.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 33,232
|percentage = 3.36
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,328
|percentage = 1.95
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 990,657
|percentage = 76.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,300,437
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Jayaram Pangi]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Giridhar Gamang]] by a margin of 96,360 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Koraput]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Jayaram Pangi]]
|votes = 312,776
|percentage = 41.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Giridhar Gamang]]
|votes = 216,416
|percentage = 28.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Upendra Majhi
|votes = 111,690
|percentage = 14.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 96,360
|percentage = 12.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 762,826
|percentage = 62.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Noteslist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/odisha/koraput/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Koraput lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Orissa}}
{{Odisha elections}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koraput Lok Sabha constituency}}
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha]]
[[Category:Koraput district]]
[[Category:Rayagada district]]

Koraput Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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