Puri Vidhan Sabha — MLA & election results
MLA · 2024
Sunil Kumar Mohanty
Odisha Assembly Election 2024 — results
Winner
Sunil Kumar Mohanty
votes
74,709
Margin
5,178(3.2%)
Winner vs Runner-up
- 1Sunil Kumar Mohanty✓ WinnerBJD74,70945.84%
- 2Jayanta Kumar SarangiBJP69,53142.66%
- 3Uma Ballav RathINCDeposit lost13,1698.08%
- 4Harekrushna SinghariINDDeposit lost9720.6%
- 5NOTA9180.56%
- 6Sujit MohapatraINDDeposit lost8620.53%
See all candidates (+9)−
- 7Satyajit MohantyAAPDeposit lost8210.5%
- 8Suchendra BhoiBSPDeposit lost5270.32%
- 9Santosh Kumar MallickINDDeposit lost3370.21%
- 10Rajkishor BejeBharatheeya Jawan Kisan PartyDeposit lost2970.18%
- 11Surendra DihudiManas Lokshakti DalDeposit lost2090.13%
- 12Debaki Nandan DashINDDeposit lost1790.11%
- 13Sanjib Kumar MahapatraOdisha Janata PartyDeposit lost1600.1%
- 14Smita MohantyINDDeposit lost1540.09%
- 15Chittaranjan SahooINDDeposit lost1370.08%
Deposit lost: 12 of 14 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).
Electors & turnout — Assembly election 2024
From the Election Commission of India's statistical report
- Electors
- 2,40,287
- Votes cast
- 1,63,575
- Turnout
- 68.07%
- Polling stations
- 240
incl. service voters
incl. 1,116 postal
Turnout of men and women
Women66.1%
77,614 of 1,17,386 voted on EVMs
Men69%
84,828 of 1,22,854 voted on EVMs
Third-gender electors: 47; 17 voted.
- Candidates14 (1 women)
- Lost deposit12
- NOTA918
- Valid votes1,62,064
Women candidates: Smita Mohanty
Frequently asked questions
Who is the MLA of Puri?
Sunil Kumar Mohanty (BJD) won Puri in the Odisha Assembly Election 2024 with 74,709 votes.
What was the winning margin in Puri?
Sunil Kumar Mohanty defeated Jayanta Kumar Sarangi (BJP) by 5,178 votes.
What was the turnout in Puri in 2024?
68.07% — 1,63,575 of 2,40,287 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 66.1%, men's 69%.
How many voters does Puri have?
2,40,287 electors at the 2024 election — 1,22,854 men, 1,17,386 women, 47 third gender (service voters included), and 240 polling stations.
When is the next assembly election in Puri?
The last general election was completed in June 2024. An assembly's term is five years, so the next general election is due in 2029; the Election Commission of India announces the dates.
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