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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Parjanga}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Parjanga
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 58
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Northern Division
| district = [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhenkanal]]
| established = 2009
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,19,662{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Parjanga''' is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Dhenkanal district]], [[Odisha|Odisha, India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=58|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305083546/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=58|url-status=usurped|archive-date=5 March 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Parjanga(58) District : Dhenkanal |accessdate= 5 March 2014}}</ref>

The area of this constituency includes Parjang block, Kankadahada block and five gram panchayats (GPs; Kusumajodi, Kantapal, Tumusinga, Kantiokateni and Kantioputasahi) of Kamakshyanagar block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

The constituency was formed in the 2008 Delimitation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delimitation 2008 |url=https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/forms/int1.pdf |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]] }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and went for polls in the [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 election]].

==Elected members==

{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp120.htm|title= 120 - Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 3 March 2014}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|56.94}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.93}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|40.06}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|44.84}}
}}

Since its formation in 2009, four elections were held till date.

The list of members elected from Parjanga constituency is:<ref name=prevMLAs>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/123-126.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly |access-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305091949/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/123-126.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Parjanga Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/parjanga.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 17 June 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Parjanga Assembly Election Results 2024: Parjanga Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/parjanga-constituency-result-18058 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name=election2019>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=7 October 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[Nrusingha Charan Sahu]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 25 May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 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]]}}</ref> In the 2024 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Nrusingha Charan Sahu|Nrushingha Charan Sahu]] by a margin of 32,162 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Parjanga}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]]|votes=1,00,595|percentage=56.94|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Biju Janata Dal|candidate=[[Nrusingha Charan Sahu]]|votes=68,433|percentage=38.74|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Ranjit Kumar Sahu|votes=3,482|percentage=1.97|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,512|percentage=0.86|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=32,162|percentage=18.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,76,669|percentage=80.43|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In the 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Nrusingha Charan Sahu|Nrushingha Charan Sahu]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]] by a margin of 740 votes.<ref name="election2019" />

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Parjanga<ref name="TP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase3/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%283rd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf|website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Nrusingha Charan Sahu]]
|votes = 78,747
|percentage = 46.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]]|votes=78,007|percentage=46.49|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Jasaswini Rout|votes=6,795|percentage=4.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,518|percentage=0.90|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=740|percentage=0.44|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=167,802|percentage=78.5|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
In the 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Nrusingha Charan Sahu]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]] by a margin of 3,052 votes.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|accessdate=17 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|archive-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Parjanga<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Parjanga|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1858.htm?ac=58|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 June 2014}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Parjanga (58)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=58|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030082614/https://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=58|url-status=usurped|archive-date=30 October 2023|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=17 June 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Nrusingha Charan Sahu]]
|votes = 60,523
|percentage = 40.06
|change = {{up}}1.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]]|votes=57,471|percentage=38.04|change={{up}}3.48}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Santosh Kumar Rout|votes=18,240|percentage=12.07|change={{down}}4.87}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,209|percentage=1.46|change=''-''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,052|percentage=2.02|change={{down}}2.15}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=151,084|percentage=80.04|change={{up}}10.96}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 188,759
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In the 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Nrusingha Charan Sahu]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]] by a margin of 5,188 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=5188 |accessdate=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]]: Parjanga<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Nrusingha Charan Sahu]]
|votes = 48,131
|percentage = 38.73
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan]]|votes=42,943|percentage=34.56|change=''-''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Laxmidhar Sahoo|votes=21,048|percentage=16.94|change=''-''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,188|percentage=4.17{{efn|% of total valid votes}}|change=''-''}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,24,277|percentage=69.08|change=''-''}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Dhenkanal district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Dhenkanal district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Orissa]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2004]]

Parjanga Assembly constituency - Revision history

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