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(Redirected from Puri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)) Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Puri.

Puri
Constituency No. 107 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Puri
LS constituency	Puri
Established	1951
Total electors	2,21,892
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sunil Kumar Mohanty
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Puri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Puri, and 15 Gram panchayats (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 block.

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates

2024			45.84%
2019			43.28%
2014			53.44%
2009			51.58%
2004			53.61%
2000			53.65%
1995			33.55%
1990			73.20%
1985			50.89%
1980			50.65%
1977			61.93%

Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held here till date including one bypoll in 1991.

List of members elected from Puri constituency are:

Year	Member
2024	Sunil Kumar Mohanty	BJD
2019	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi	BJP
2014	Maheswar Mohanty	BJD
2009	Maheswar Mohanty	BJD
2004	Maheswar Mohanty	BJD
2000	Maheswar Mohanty	BJD
1995	Maheswar Mohanty	JD
1991 (bypoll)	Uma Ballav Rath	JD
1990	Braja Kishore Tripathy	JD
1985	Braja Kishore Tripathy	JP
1980	Gadadhar Mishra	INC(I)
1977	Braja Kishore Tripathy	JP
1974	Brajamohan Mohanty	INC
1971	Brajamohan Mohanty	Congress (R)
1967	Harihar Bahinipati	Praja Socialist Party
1961	Bhagwan Pratihari	INC
1957	Harihar Bahinipati	PSP
1951	Fakir Charan Das	Socialist

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes is on 4th June 2024.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Puri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sunil Kumar Mohanty	74,709	45.84	5.63
	BJP	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi	69,531	42.66	0.62
	INC	Uma Ballav Rath	13,169	8.08	6.14
	NOTA	None of the above	918	0.56	0.26
Majority			5,178
Turnout			162,982
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jayanta Kumar Sarangi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty by a margin of 4008 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi	76,747	43.28
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	72739	40.21
	INC	Auro Prasad Mishra	2934	1.94
	BSP	Suchendra Bhoi	856	0.55
	AIFB	Jitendriya Behera	465	0.3
	Independent	Gopal Krushna Panda	700	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	1281	0.82
Majority			4008	3.07
Turnout			155722	63.96
	BJP gain from BJD

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.

2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Puri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	76,760	53.44	1.86
	INC	Uma Ballav Rath	42,039	29.27	23.52
	BJP	Krushna Chandra Panda	17,560	12.23	−28.09
	SKD	Surendranath Dash	2,504	1.74	−
	AAP	Aditya Hruday Mishra	1,058	0.74	−
	BSP	Basanti Bhoi	921	0.64	−0.34
	AOP	Sridhar Mishra	580	0.4	−
	AITC	Nrusingha Charan Das	348	0.24	−
	Independent	Rama Chandra Pradhan	331	0.23	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1526	1.06	−
Majority			34,721	24.17
Turnout			1,43,627	64.73	7.06
Registered electors			2,21,892
	BJD hold

2009

In the 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Maheswar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Uma Ballav Rath by a margin of 13,394 votes.

2009 Vidhan Sabha election, Puri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Maheswar Mohanty	61,328	51.58	−2.03
	BJP	Uma Ballav Rath	47,934	40.32	−
	INC	Uttam Kumar Acharya	4,832	3.75	−
	BSP	Kashinath Bhoi	1,161	0.98	−
	Independent	Rama Chandra Pradhan	634	0.53	−
	SP	Narayan Khuntia	633	0.53	−
	Kalinga Sena	Sarada Devi Panda	367	0.31	−
Majority			13,394	11.27	−
Turnout			1,18,889	57.67	−2.71'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000023−QINU`"'
	BJD hold

Notes

as on 1 January 2014
Resignation of Braja Kishore Tripathy on his election to Lok Sabha
% of total valid votes
2004 voter turnout was 60.38%.

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