Jajpur (or Jajapur) Lok Sabha Constituency, formed before the 1962 elections, is one of the 21 constituencies of Odisha reserved for the SC category and has seven Vidhan Sabha segments. The Jajpur Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 8) consists of 1,227,088 number of electorates in
The district of Jajpur had a total population of over 18,27,100, of which 52% comprised of males and 11% was under the age of six. The sex ratio is 973 females per 1,000 males. The average literacy rate is 80% and the male and female literacy rate of the Jajpur district is 87% and 73%, respectively. Oriya and Hindi are the primary languages and English is mostly used for the commercial and educational purposes. Urdu is also spoken here. Several schools and colleges are situated here and the area is economically dependent mostly upon agriculture.
Both kharif and dalua kind of rice grains are grown here. Mining also plays an important role in the economy along with the steel plants of Jindal, Tata, Maithan, etc. National Highway NH-215 connects the city to a large road network.
Jajpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarmistha Sethi | Biju Janata Dal | 542476 | 0 | 1544 | 544020 | 49.81 | Winner |
| Amiya Kanta Mallick | Bharatiya Janata Party | 438171 | 0 | 4156 | 442327 | 40.5 | 1st Runner-up |
| Manas Jena | Indian National Congress | 82834 | 0 | 487 | 83321 | 7.63 | 2nd Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 7149 | 0 | 12 | 7161 | 0.66 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Subasa Chandra Malik | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 4934 | 0 | 16 | 4950 | 0.45 | 4th Runner-up |
| Tilottama Sethy | Proutist Bloc, India | 4467 | 0 | 3 | 4470 | 0.41 | 5th Runner-up |
| Ranjit Malik | Bahujan Mukti Party | 2041 | 0 | 8 | 2049 | 0.19 | 6th Runner-up |
| Sunakar Behera | Jai Prakash Janata Dal | 1982 | 0 | 3 | 1985 | 0.18 | 7th Runner-up |
| Bhima Sen Behera | Freethought Party Of India | 1794 | 0 | 7 | 1801 | 0.16 | 8th Runner-up |
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Jajpur Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Jajpur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Jajpur constituency is Shri Rita Tarai of BJD.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 | Jajpur | (SC) | Rita Tarai | F | BJD | 541349 | Asok Das | M | INC | 221078 |
| 2009 | 8 | Jajpur | (SC) | Jena,Shri Mohan | M | BJD | 433350 | Amiya Kanta Mallik | M | INC | 305603 |
| 2004 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Mohan Jena | M | BJD | 452177 | Amiya Kanta Mallik | M | INC | 400711 |
| 1999 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Jagannath Mallik | M | BJD | 351442 | Rama Chandra Mallik | M | INC | 237458 |
| 1998 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Rama Chandra Mallick | M | INC | 283455 | Jagannath Mallik | M | BJD | 191591 |
| 1996 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Anchal Das | M | JD | 294110 | Anadi Das | M | INC | 290237 |
| 1991 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Anadi Charan Das | M | JD | 259523 | Nabakishore Mallik | M | INC | 248094 |
| 1989 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Anadi Charan Das | M | JD | 326710 | Rama Chandra Mallick | M | INC | 247378 |
| 1984 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Anadi Charan Das | M | INC | 252316 | Rama Chandra Mallick | M | JNP | 192811 |
| 1980 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Anadi Charan Das | M | INC(I) | 191676 | Ram Chandra Mallick | M | JNP(S) | 106738 |
| 1977 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Rama Chandra Mallick | M | BLD | 171191 | Baishnab Charan Mallick | M | INC | 121531 |
| 1971 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | Anandi Charan Das | M | INC | 149208 | Rama Chandra Mallick | M | UTC | 73070 |
| 1967 | 4 | Jajpur | (SC) | B. Behera | M | PSP | 171207 | R. C. Mallick | M | INC | 107170 |
| 1962 | 16 | Jajpur | (SC) | Ramachandra Mallick | M | INC | 80748 | Baishnab Charan Mallick | M | PSP | 45051 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Jajpur Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Jajpur parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Binjharpur (SC) | Bari | Barachana |
| Dharmasala | Jajpur | Korei |
| Sukinda | ||
Last Updated on July 12, 2019