JAJPUR
Constituency no. 8 in Odisha · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Odisha also has an assembly constituency called JAJPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 7 results.
Winner, 1999
Jagannath Mallik
BJD
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
BJD
won 5 of 16
Margin, 1999
1,13,984
19.20% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
INCRama Chandra Mallik
- Votes
- 2,37,458
- Vote share
- 39.99%
- Behind by
- 1,13,984
Electors
11,71,211
Total votes polled
5,93,767
Valid votes
5,93,767
NOTA votes
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Turnout
50.7%
Full result, 1999
4 candidates · 5,93,767 valid votes
Jagannath MallikBJDwon
3,51,442
59.2%
Rama Chandra MallikINC
2,37,458
40.0%
Jagabandhu MallikJD(U)
2,587
0.4%
Dhaneswar MallikAJBP
2,280
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | RABINDRA NARAYAN BEHERA | BJP | 5,34,239 | 46.01% | SARMISTHA SETHI | 1,587 |
| 2019 | SARMISTHA SETHI | BJD | 5,44,020 | 49.81% | AMIYA KANTA MALLICK | 1,01,693 |
| 2014 | RITA TARAI | BJD | 5,41,349 | 55.22% | ASOK DAS | 3,20,271 |
| 2009 | MOHAN JENA | BJD | 4,33,350 | 53.03% | AMIYA KANTA MALLIK | 1,27,747 |
| 2004 | MOHAN JENA | BJD | 4,52,177 | 51.61% | AMIYA KANTA MALLIK | 51,466 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above