Jajpur is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Coastal Odisha of Odisha and is located in East India. Jajpur Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 80.13%. There are 13,03,733 voters of which 6,96,385 are male and 6,07,337 are female and 11 voters of the third gender.
Rita Tarai of BJD (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating INC. BJD polled 5,41,349 of the total of 9,77,435 votes polled. BJD won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Jajpur goes to the polls in the 4st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday, April 29, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 75.31%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 8 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Caste |
| Number of Voters | 13,03,733 |
| Number of Male Voters | 6,96,385 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,07,337 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | BJD |
| Turnout % | 75.31% | 66.61% |
| Margin of Victory | 3,20,271 | 1,27,747 |
| Margin of Victory % | 32.77% | 15.63% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJD | BJD |
| Turnout % | 75.31% | 66.61% |
| Margin of Victory | 3,20,271 | 1,27,747 |
| Margin of Victory % | 32.77% | 15.63% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | 544020 | 49.81% | Sarmistha SethiWinner |
| BJP | 442327 | 40.50% | Amiya Kanta Mallick |
| INC | 83321 | 7.63% | Manas Jena |
| NOTA | 7161 | 0.66% | Nota |
| SUCI | 4950 | 0.45% | Subasa Chandra Malik |
| PBI | 4470 | 0.41% | Tilottama Sethy |
| BMP | 2049 | 0.19% | Ranjit Malik |
| JPJD | 1985 | 0.18% | Sunakar Behera |
| FPI | 1801 | 0.16% | Bhima Sen Behera |
