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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Soro, Balasore}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Soro
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 41
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Central Division
| district = [[Balasore district|Balasore]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhadrak]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| incumbent_image =
| mla = [[Madhab Dhada]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,28,076{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Soro''' (Sl. No.: 41) is a [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha|constituency]] of [[Balasore district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=41|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113143407/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=41|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 January 2017|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Soro (41) District : Balasore|accessdate= 24 February 2014}}</ref>

This constituency includes [[Soro, Baleshwar|Soro]], Soro block and 16 [[Gram panchayat|GP]]s (Anji, Aruhabad, Avana, [[Bahanaga]], Baripada, Bishnupur, Chittol, Dandaharipur, Gopalpur, Kalyani, Kharsahapur, Kochiakoili, Kuruda, Sahaspura, Saud and Talakurunia) of [[Bahanaga]] 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==

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|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp15.htm |title= 15 - Soro Assembly Constituency |work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|39.07}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|35.70}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|41.95}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|43.19}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|48.95}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|56.56}}
{{bar percent|1996 (bypoll)|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|57.24}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|62.57}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|48.33}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|72.82}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|42.37}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|65.03}}
}}

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1996. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.

List of members elected from Soro 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=Soro Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/soro.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 18 June 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
||[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Soro Assembly Election Results 2024: Soro Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/soro-constituency-result-18041 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Madhab Dhada]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |url-access=limited |access-date=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]]
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|Surendra Prasad Pramanik
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=5|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kartik Mohapatra]]
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|1996 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of Kartik Mahapatra on his election to Lok Sabha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Soro 1996 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/562 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|Indurani Mohapatra
|-
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kartik Mohapatra]]
|-
|[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|{{full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Jadunath Das Mohapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Pitamber Panda
|{{full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Haraprasad Mahapatra
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
| rowspan="2" |Jadunath Das Mohapatra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|{{full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Haraprasad Mahapatra
|{{full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
|[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Karunakar Panigrahi
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Chaitanya Prasad Sethi
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Harekrushna Mahatab]]
|-
|[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Nanda kishore Das
|}

==Election results==

=== 2024 ===
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th 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]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Madhab Dhada]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]] by a margin of 802 votes.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Soro}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Madhab Dhada]]
|votes = 63,642
|percentage = 39.07
|change = {{increase}}3.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]]
|votes = 62,840
|percentage = 38.57
|change = {{increase}}6.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Subrat Dhada
|votes = 32,149
|percentage = 19.73
|change = {{decrease}}10.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 650
|percentage = 0.40
|change = {{increase}}0.02
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 802
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,62,905
|percentage = 71.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Rakesh Kumar Malik by a margin of 4,936 votes.<ref name="election2019" />

{{Election box begin |
|title= [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Soro}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]]
|votes = 54,775
|percentage = 35.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar Malik
|votes = 49,839
|percentage = 32.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Surendra Prasad Pramanik
|votes = 47,036
|percentage = 30.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 588
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,936
|percentage = 3.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,53,440
|percentage = 70.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
In 2014 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]] defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Mrutyunjay Jena by a margin of 4,911 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=29 May 2014|archive-date=18 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Soro<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Soro|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1841.htm?ac=41|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Soro (41)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=41|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181716/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=41|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 July 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]]
|votes = 57,319
|percentage = 41.95
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mrutyunjay Jena
|votes = 52,408
|percentage = 38.36
|change = {{decrease}}4.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar Malik
|votes = 23,217
|percentage = 16.99
|change = {{decrease}}25.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 812
|percentage = 0.59
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,911
|percentage = 3.59
|change = 3.28
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,36,628
|percentage = 70.99
|change = 7.17
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,92,452
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Surendra Prasad Pramanik defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]] by a margin of 360 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=360 |accessdate=22 February 2014 |archive-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin|
|title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Soro<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 = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Surendra Prasad Pramanik
|votes = 50,159
|percentage = 43.19
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Parshu Ram Dhada|Parshuram Dhada]]
|votes = 49,799
|percentage = 42.88
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Jayakrushna Mallik
|votes = 11,318
|percentage = 9.75
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 360
|percentage = 0.31{{efn|% of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,16,172
|percentage = 63.82
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

Soro Assembly constituency - Revision history

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