Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency in Odisha Live Results 2019: Leading Candidates From The Seat, 2014 Winning MP And More
Nabarangpur is one of the Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha. The voting for the parliamentary polls 2019 on this seat will take place in the first phase on April 11.
The results of the Nabarangpura Lok Sabha election will be declared today. The counting of votes began on the Parliamentary seat in Odisha at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Voting for the Nabarangpura seat took place in the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Nabarangpur is one of the Lok Sabha Constituency of Odisha. Before delimitation in 2008, the legislative assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were: Malkangiri, Chitrakonda, Kotpad, Nabarangpur, Kodinga, Dabugam, Umarkote. However, following delimitation, this constituency currently comprises of seven constituencies -Umerkote, Jharigam, Nabarangpur, Dabugam, Kotpad, Malkangiri, ChitrakondaThe seat is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe category and its constituency number is 12. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has fielded Ramesh Chandra Majhi from this constituency, while Pradeep Majhi is contesting on the Congress ticket and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given the ticket to Balbhadra Majhi. The last date of filing nomination for the seat was March 25. The scrutiny of nominations papers took place on March 26. Meanwhile, the last date of withdrawal of candidature was March 28. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase I: List of States And Constituencies Voting On April 11.
Here are important details about the phase-I elections:
| Issue of Notification | March 18 |
| Last date for filing nomination | March 25 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | March 26 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | March 28 |
| Date Of Poll | April 11 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
Watch: All About Phase I of Lok Sabha Polls 2019:
In 2014, Balbhadra Majhi who had contested on the BJD ticket is the sitting MP of Nabarangpur. He defeated Pradeep Kumar Majhi of the Congress. However, on March 16, 2019, he joined the BJP. Politically, this seat is a stronghold of the Congress. The had won 11 times from Nabarangpur.
List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On April 11 In Phase I
| State (No. of seats voting in this phase) | Constituency |
| Andhra Pradesh (All 25) | Araku, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajahmundry, Narasapuram, Eluru, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narasaraopet, Bapatla, Ongole, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Hindupur, Kadapa, Nellore, Tirupati, Rajampet, Chittoor |
| Arunachal Pradesh (All 2) | Arunachal West, Arunachal East |
| Assam (5) | Tezpur, Kalibor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur |
| Bihar (4) | Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui |
| Chhattisgarh (1) | Bastar |
| Jammu and Kashmir (2) | Baramulla, Jammu |
| Maharashtra (7) | Wardha, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara - Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal-Washim |
| Manipur (1) | Outer Manipur |
| Meghalaya (2) | Shillong, Tura |
| Mizoram (1) | Mizoram |
| Nagaland (1) | Nagaland |
| Odisha (4) | Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput |
| Sikkim (1) | Sikkim |
| Telangana (17) | Adilabad, Peddapalle, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zahirabad, Medak, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chevella, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Bhongir, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Khammam |
| Tripura (1) | Tripura West |
| Uttar Pradesh (8) | Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar |
| Uttarakhand (5) | Tehri Garhwal, Garhwal, Almora, Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar, Haridwar |
| West Bengal (2) | Coochbehar, Alipurduars |
| Andaman And Nicobar (1) | Andaman And Nicobar |
| Lakshadweep (1) | Lakshadweep |
On March 10, the Election Commission of India announced dates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The elections will take place in seven phases, and the results will be declared on May 23. The polls will be held in 1,035,918 polling stations across the country compared to 928,000 set up during the last Lok Sabha election in 2014.
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