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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Puri}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Puri
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 107
| type = SLA
| map_image = 107-Puri.svg
| map_caption = Puri Assembly constituency in [[Puri district]]
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Puri district|Puri]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Puri Lok Sabha constituency|Puri]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Sunil Kumar Mohanty]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,40,287{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Puri''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Odisha|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Puri district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=107|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414180358/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=107|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 April 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Puri (107) District: Puri|accessdate= 5 April 2014}}</ref>

This constituency includes [[Puri]], and 15 [[Gram panchayat]]s (Birapratappur, Balipada, Jamarsuan, Baliput, Raigoroda, Garhmrugasira, Chalisbatia, Malatipatpur, Chandanpur, Sasandamodarpur, Samanga, Gopinathpur, Harekrushnapur, Baliguali and Talajanga) of Puri sadar block and three GPs (Itibhuan, Garhbhingura and Chhaitana) of [[Gop, Odisha|Gop]] 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>

==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/partycomp56.htm|title= 56 - Puri Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref>|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|45.84}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|43.28}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.44}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|51.58}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.61}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|53.65}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|33.55}}
{{bar percent|1991 (bypoll)|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|49.38}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|73.20}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Janata Party}}|50.89}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.65}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|61.93}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title= BY-ELECTIONS OF ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/449-450.pdf|accessdate= 23 March 2014}}</ref>

List of members elected from Puri constituency are:<ref name=prevMLAs>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) |access-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Puri Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/puri.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 14 April 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Puri Assembly Election Results 2024: Puri Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/puri-constituency-result-18107 |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Sunil Kumar Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners">{{cite news |last1=Zee News |date=24 May 2019 |title=Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108183944/https://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections/odisha-assembly-election-results-2019-full-list-of-winners-2205899.html |archivedate=8 November 2022 |accessdate=8 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Jayanta Kumar Sarangi]]
|{{full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
| rowspan="5" |[[Maheswar Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Janata Dal}}
|-
|1991 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Braja Kishore Tripathy on his election to Lok Sabha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Puri 1991 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/1423 |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|Uma Ballav Rath
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Braja Kishore Tripathy]]
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Gadadhar Mishra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Braja Kishore Tripathy]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|[[Brajamohan Mohanty]]
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Harihar Bahinipati
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Bhagwan Pratihari
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Harihar Bahinipati
|{{full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Fakir Charan Das
|{{full party name with color|Socialist Party}}
|}

== 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 is 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 2024 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Sunil Kumar Mohanty]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Jayanta Kumar Sarangi]] by a margin of 5,178 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]], Puri}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Sunil Kumar Mohanty]]
|votes = 74,709
|percentage = 45.84
|change = {{increase}}5.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jayanta Kumar Sarangi]]
|votes = 69,531
|percentage = 42.66
|change = {{decrease}}0.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Uma Ballav Rath
|votes = 13,169
|percentage = 8.08
|change = {{increase}}6.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 918
|percentage = 0.56
|change = {{decrease}}0.26
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,178
|percentage = 3.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,62,982
|percentage = 67.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 ===
In 2019 election, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Jayanta Kumar Sarangi]] defeated [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Maheswar Mohanty]] by a margin of 4,008 votes.<ref name="Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners" />

{{Election box begin|
| title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Vidhan Sabha election]], Puri<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=20 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jayanta Kumar Sarangi]]
|votes = 76,747
|percentage = 43.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Maheswar Mohanty]]
|votes = 72,739
|percentage = 40.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Auro Prasad Mishra
|votes = 2,934
|percentage = 1.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,281
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,008
|percentage = 3.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,55,722
|percentage = 63.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In the 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Maheswar Mohanty]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 34,721 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=2 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]]: [[Puri]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Puri|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS18107.htm?ac=107|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Puri (107)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=107|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052732/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=107|url-status=usurped|archive-date=5 June 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=2 June 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Maheswar Mohanty]]
|votes = 76,760
|percentage = 53.44
|change = {{up}}1.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Uma Ballav Rath
|votes = 42,039
|percentage = 29.27
|change = {{up}}23.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Krushna Chandra Panda
|votes = 17,560
|percentage = 12.23
|change = {{down}}28.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,526
|percentage = 1.06
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 34,721
|percentage = 24.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,43,627
|percentage = 64.73
|change = {{up}}7.06
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,21,892
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Maheswar Mohanty]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 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=13394 |accessdate=12 April 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]], Puri<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 = [[Maheswar Mohanty]]
|votes = 61,328
|percentage = 51.58
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Uma Ballav Rath
|votes = 47,934
|percentage = 40.32
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Uttam Kumar Acharya
|votes = 4,832
|percentage = 3.75
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,394
|percentage = 11.27{{efn|% of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,18,889
|percentage = 57.67
|change = {{down}}2.71
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Puri district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Puri district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Puri Assembly constituency - Revision history

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