Koraput (Lok Sabha constituency)

Koraput
Koraput
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
Parliamentary Party	Indian National Congress
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1957
Reservation	ST
State	Odisha
Assembly Constituencies	Gunupur; Bissam Cuttack; Rayagada; Lakshmipur; Jeypore; Koraput; Pottangi

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Koraput is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.

Assembly Segments[edit]

Assembly constituencies which constitute this parliamentary constituency are: ^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
138	Gunupur	ST	Rayagada
139	Bissam Cuttack	ST	Rayagada
140	Rayagada	ST	Rayagada
141	Lakshmipur	ST	Koraput
143	Jeypore	None	Koraput
144	Koraput	SC	Koraput
145	Pottangi	ST	Koraput

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year	Name
1957	Jagannath Rao	Indian National Congress
1957 (by poll)	T. Sanganna
1962	Ramachandra Ulaka
1967	Ramachandra Ulaka
1971	Bhagirathi Gamang
1972 (by poll)	Giridhar Gamang
1977
1980		Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999	Hema Gamang
2004	Giridhar Gamang
2009	Jayaram Pangi	Biju Janata Dal
2014	Jhina Hikaka	Biju Janata Dal
2019	Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka	Indian National Congress

Election Result[edit]

2019 Election Result[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Koraput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka	3,71,129	34.36	-3.62
	BJD	Kausalya Hikaka	3,67,516	34.02	-5.91
	BJP	Jayaram Pangi	2,08,398	19.29	+10.2
	NOTA	None of the Above	36,561	3.38	+0.02
	BSP	Bhaskar Mutuka	35,764	3.31	-0.22
	[[Ambedkarite Party of India\|Template:Ambedkarite Party of India/meta/shortname]]	Banamali Majhi	18,849	1.75	+0.25
	CPI(ML)L	Damodara Sabar	26,117	2.42	+1.07
	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star\|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star/meta/shortname]]	Rajendra Kendruka	15,827	1.47	+0.5
Majority			3,613	0.34
Turnout			10,80,669	75.34
	INC gain from BJD		Swing

2014 Election Result[edit]

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jhina Hikaka defeated Indian National Congress candidate Giridhar Gamang by a margin of 19,328 votes.^[2]

2014 Indian general elections: Koraput^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Jhina Hikaka	3,95,109	39.93
	INC	Giridhar Gamang	3,75,781	37.98
	BJP	Shibashankar Ulka	89,788	09.07
	BSP	Praska Renga	34,957	3.53
	NOTA	None of the above	33,232	3.36	-
	[[Ambedkarite Party of India\|Template:Ambedkarite Party of India/meta/shortname]]	Banamali Majhi	14,854	1.5
	Independent	Lingaraj Gomango	13,861	1.4
	CPI(ML)L	Meghanada Sabar	13,343	1.35
	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star\|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star/meta/shortname]]	Prakash Hikaka	9,609	0.97
style="background-color: Template:Samata Kranti Dal/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Samata Kranti Dal\|Template:Samata Kranti Dal/meta/shortname]]	Kailash Sabara	8,910	0.9
Majority			19,328	1.95	-
Turnout			9,90,657	76.18
Registered electors			13,00,437
	BJD hold		Swing

General Election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Koraput
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJD	Jayaram Pangi	3,12,776	41
	INC	Giridhar Gamang	2,16,416	28.37
	BJP	Upendra Majhi	1,11,690	14.64
Majority			96,360	12.63
Turnout			7,62,826	62.64
	BJD gain from INC		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
↑ "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
↑ http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1821.htm?ac=21
↑ "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Koraput(21)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

External links[edit]

Koraput lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.

[2] "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[3] ttp://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1821.htm?ac=21

[4] "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Koraput(21)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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