Dharmasala is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district, Odisha, India.
The area of this constituency includes Dharmasala block and 9 GPs (Odiso, Kalana, Singhpur, Sribantapur, Jabara, Nathuabar, Rahamba, Barabati and Rasulpur) of Rasulpur block.Assembly Constituencies and their ExtentSeats of Odisha
Elected members
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date. Dharmasala was a 2-member constituency for 1957.
List of members elected from Dharmasala constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo2019Pranab Kumar Balabantaray20142009Kalpataru Das2004200019951990Gurucharan Tikayat1985Kangali Charan Panda19801977Rabi Dash1974Banka Behari Das19711967Paramananda Mohanty1961Gadadhar Dutta1957Mayadhar SinghMadan Mohan Patnaik1951Paramananda Mohanty
Election results
2024 Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Independent candidate Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Kumar Balabantaray by a margin of 4,150 votes.
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.
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