Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency covers the whole Sambalpur district and parts of Deogarh and Angul districts.
Assembly segments
Before delimitation, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Padmapur, Melchhamunda, Bijepur, Bhatli, Bargarh, Sambalpur and Rairakhol.
Following delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, this constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
District | Party | MLA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kuchinda | None | Sambalpur | BJD | Kishor Chandra Naik |
| 16 | Rengali | SC | Sambalpur | BJP | Nauri Nayak |
| 17 | Sambalpur | None | Sambalpur | BJP | Jay Narayan Mishra |
| 18 | Rairakhol | None | Sambalpur | BJD | Rohit Pujari |
| 19 | Deogarh | None | Deogarh | BJP | Subhash Chandra |
| 62 | Chhendipada | SC | Angul | BJD | Shusanta Kumar Behera |
| 63 | Athmallik | None | Angul | BJD | Ramesh Chandra sai |
Kuchinda and Deogarh assembly segments were earlier in erstwhile Deogarh constituency. Rengali assembly segment came into existence in 2008 following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies.
Members of Parliament
Elected members from this constituency are:
- 1952: Natabar Pandey, All India Ganatantra Parishad
- 1957: Banamali Kumbhar, Ganatantra Parishad / Sradhakar Supakar, Ganatantra Parishad
- 1962: Kishen Pattanayak, Praja Socialist Party
- 1967: Shraddhakar Supakar, Indian National Congress
- 1971: Banamali Babu, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Gananath Pradhan, Janata Party
- 1980: Krupasindhu Bhoi, Indian National Congress
- 1984: Krupasindhu Bhoi, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Bhabani Shankar Hota, Janata Dal
- 1991: Krupasindhu Bhoi, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Krupasindhu Bhoi, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Prasanna Acharya, Biju Janata Dal
- 1999: Prasanna Acharya, Biju Janata Dal
- 2004: Prasanna Acharya, Biju Janata Dal
- 2009: Amarnath Pradhan, Indian National Congress
- 2014; Nagendra Pradhan, Biju Janata Dal
- 2019; Nitesh Ganga Deb, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election Result
General Election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amarnath Pradhan | 3,04,890 | 38.09 | ||
| BJD | Rohit Pujari | 2,90,016 | 36.23 | ||
| BJP | Surendra Lath | 1,50,910 | 18.85 | ||
| IND. | Md Ali Hussain | 17,874 | 2.23 | ||
| Majority | 14,874 | 1.86 | |||
| Turnout | 8,00,420 | 64.90 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2014 Election Result
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Nagendra Pradhan defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by a margin of 30,576 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Nagendra Kumar Pradhan | 3,58,618 | 36.43 | ||
| BJP | Suresh Pujari | 3,28,042 | 33.33 | ||
| INC | Amarnath Pradhan | 2,42,131 | 24.6 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 13,314 | 1.35 | – | |
| BSP | Nathu ram | 12,211 | 1.24 | ||
| AAP | Anand Kumar Samal | 7,029 | 0.71 | ||
| Majority | 30,576 | 3.10 | – | ||
| Turnout | 9,84,697 | 75.92 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,97,098 | ||||
| BJD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nitesh Ganga Deb | 4,73,770 | 42.13 | ||
| BJD | Nalini Kanta Pradhan | 4,64,608 | 41.32 | ||
| INC | Sarat Patnaik | 1,35,969 | 12.09 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 13,456 | 1.20 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,162 | 0.81 | |||
| Turnout | 11,26,662 | 76.72 | |||
| BJP gain from BJD | Swing | ||||