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Dharmasala is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha.

Area of this constituency includes Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block.

Elected Members

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

List of members elected from Dharmasala constituency are:

Election Results

2024

In 2024 election, Independent candidate Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray by a margin of 4,150 votes.

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election,Dharmasala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo	79,759	42.88	42.88
	BJD	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray	75,609	40.65	17.96
	BJP	Smruti Rekha Pahi	15,926	8.56	19.56
	SUCI(C)	Kedaranath Sahu	8,453	4.54	N/A
	INC	Kisan Panda	2,947	1.58	9.17
	NOTA	None of the above	666	0.36	0.07
Majority			4,150	2.23	28.26
Turnout			1,86,013
	Independent gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Chandra Parida by a margin of 52,739 votes.

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray defeated Indian National Congress candidate Srinath Mishra by a margin of 85,786 votes.

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kalpataru Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kangali Charan Panda by a margin of 35,133 votes.

Notes

1. It was a 2 member constituency
2. %of total valid votes

References

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• Assembly constituencies of Odisha
• Jajpur district
• Politics of Odisha
• Constituencies established in 1951
• 1951 establishments in Orissa