Soro Assembly constituency
| Soro (SC) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 41 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Balasore |
| LS constituency | Bhadrak |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,92,452 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent Parshuram Dhada | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Soro (Sl. No.: 41) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.[1]
This constituency includes Soro, Soro block and 16 GPs (Anji, Aruhabad, Avana, Bahanaga, Baripada, Bishnupur, Chittol, Dandaharipur, Gopalpur, Kalyani, Kharsahapur, Kochiakoili, Kuruda, Sahaspura, Saud and Talakurunia) of Bahanaga block.[2][3]
Elected Members[edit]
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1996. It was a 2 member constituency for 1957.
List of members elected from Soro constituency are:[5][6]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Parshuram Dhada[7] | BJD | |
| 2014 | Parshuram Dhada | BJD | |
| 2009 | Surendra Prasad Pramanik | INC | |
| 2004 | Kartik Mohapatra | BJD | |
| 2000 | Kartik Mohapatra | BJD | |
| 1996 (bypoll)[a] | Indurani Mohapatra | INC | |
| 1995 | Kartik Mohapatra | INC | |
| 1990 | Kartik Mohapatra | JD | |
| 1985 | Jadunath Das Mohapatra | INC | |
| 1980 | Pitamber Panda | CPI | |
| 1977 | Haraprasad Mahapatra | JP | |
| 1974 | Jadunath Das Mohapatra | INC | |
| 1971 | Jadunath Das Mohapatra | Utkal Congress | |
| 1967 | Haraprasad Mahapatra | SWA | |
| 1961 | Karunakar Panigrahi | INC | |
| 1957[b] | Chaitanya Prasad Sethi | INC | |
| Harekrushna Mahatab | INC | ||
| 1951 | Nanda kishore Das | INC | |
Election Results[edit]
2024[edit]
Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Madhab Dhada | ||||
| BJP | Parshuram Dhada | ||||
| INC | Subrat Dhada | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019[edit]
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Parshuram Dhada defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rakesh Kumar Malik by a margin of 4,936 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Parshuram Dhada | 54,775 | 35.7 | ||
| BJP | Rakesh Kumar Malik | 49839 | 32.48 | ||
| INC | Surendra Prasad Pramanik | 47036 | 30.65 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 588 | 0.38 | ||
| Majority | 4936 | 3.22 | |||
| Turnout | 153440 | 70.54 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2014[edit]
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Parshuram Dhada defeated Indian National Congress candidate Mrutyunjay Jena by a margin of 4,911 votes.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Parshuram Dhada | 57,319 | 41.95 | ||
| INC | Mrutyunjay Jena | 52,408 | 38.36 |  4.83
| |
| BJP | Rakesh Kumar Malik | 23,217 | 16.99 | 25.89
| |
| CPI | Jayakrushna Mallick | 1,787 | 1.31 | 8.44
| |
| BSP | Ashok Kumar Das | 580 | 0.42 | 0.51
| |
| SAMO | Aira Kharabela Mahalik | 505 | 0.37 | -0.8 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 812 | 0.59 | - | |
| Majority | 4,911 | 3.59 | 3.28 | ||
| Turnout | 1,36,628 | 70.99 | 7.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,92,452 | ||||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
2009[edit]
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Surendra Prasad Pramanik defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Parshuram Dhada by a margin of 360 votes.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Surendra Prasad Pramanik | 50,159 | 43.19 | - | |
| BJP | Parshuram Dhada | 49,799 | 42.88 | - | |
| CPI | Jayakrushna Mallik | 11,318 | 9.75 | - | |
| SAMO | Aira Kharabela Mahalik | 1,362 | 1.17 | - | |
| BSP | Namita Jena | 1,083 | 0.93 | - | |
| SP | Pushpalata Mahalik | 983 | 0.85 | - | |
| Independent | Banamali Ojha | 733 | 0.63 | - | |
| Odisha Mukti Morcha | Jagannath Das | 701 | 0.60 | - | |
| Majority | 360 | 0.31[c] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,16,172 | 63.82 | - | ||
| INC hold | |||||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
Constituency: Soro (41) District : Balasore
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "15 - Soro Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Soro Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Soro". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Soro (41)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.