Dharmasala
Assembly seat no. 51 in Odisha · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 6 times since 1961.
Winner, 2014
PRANAB KUMAR BALABANTARAY
BJD
Elections held
6
1961–2024
Most successful party
BJD
won 3 of 6
Margin, 2014
85,786
53.87% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
INCSRINATH MISHRA
- Votes
- 23,455
- Vote share
- 14.73%
- Behind by
- 85,786
Electors
1,95,224
Total votes polled
1,59,251
Valid votes
1,59,251
NOTA votes
1,185
0.74% of votes polled
Turnout
81.6%
Full result, 2014
8 candidates · 1,59,251 valid votes
PRANAB KUMAR BALABANTARAYBJDwon
1,09,241
68.6%
SRINATH MISHRAINC
23,455
14.7%
RAMESH CHANDRA PARIDABJP
19,940
12.5%
AKSHAYA KUMAR DASSUCI
2,044
1.3%
NIRMAL KUMAR ROUTIND
1,108
0.7%
CHANDRAMANI NAYAKSKD
865
0.5%
GOBINDA SAHOOBSP
838
0.5%
PRAVAKAR NAYAKOJM
575
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 6 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo F-late Ramesh Chandra Sahoo | IND | 79,759 | 42.88% | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | 4,150 |
| 2019 | PRANAB KUMAR BALABANTARAY | BJD | 1,01,364 | 58.61% | RAMESH CHANDRA PARIDA | 52,739 |
| 2014 | PRANAB KUMAR BALABANTARAY | BJD | 1,09,241 | 68.60% | SRINATH MISHRA | 85,786 |
| 2009 | KALPATARU DAS | BJD | 79,867 | 58.25% | KANGALI CHARAN PANDA | 35,133 |
| 1990 | GURCHARAN TIKAYAT | JD | 52,548 | 59.48% | KANGALI CHARAN PANDA | 21,415 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
