Jacob Pradhan

Jacob Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress, who was elected in 2014 from the G. Udayagiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) at G. Udayagiri in the state of Orissa.

Jacob Pradhan
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
Member of the Odisha Assembly
for G. Udayagiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byManoj Pradhan (BJP)
Succeeded bySaluga Pradhan (BJD)[1]

Career

2014 elections

In the 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Pradhan won the G Udaygiri seat, defeating the sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly Manoj Pradhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Result

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Jacob Pradhan defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Pradeep Kumar Pradhan by a margin of 10,289 votes.[2]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jacob Pradhan 48,958 39.82 19.26
BJD Pradeep Kumar Pradhan 39,669 31.45 16.01
BJP Managobinda Pradhan 27,295 22.2 -21.72
AOP Pradeep Kumar Mallick 3,205 2.61
NCP Menaka Pradhan 1,867 1.52
Independent Sanjaya Kumar Pradhan 1,156 0.94
NOTA None of the above 1,790 1.46 -
Majority 10,289 8.37 -14.99
Turnout 1,22,940 71.04 5.59
Registered electors 1,73,047
INC gain from BJP

2019 Elections

In 2019, he was denied assembly election ticket by Congress.[5] He contested the election as an independent and lost the seat to Saluga Pradhan of Biju Janata Dal.[1]

Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, G. Udayagiri [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Saluga Pradhan 53238[1] 38.61
INC Shyamghana Pradhan 41977 30.45
BJP Archana Pradhan 35998 26.11
Independent Jacob Pradhan (incumbent} 1920 1.31
Independent Pushara Kanhar 1492 1.08
Independent Pratap Kumar Pradhan 1238 0.9
NCP Asish Mallik 1074 0.78
NOTA None of the above 938 0.68
Majority
Turnout 1,37,875 68.67
Registered electors 2,00,776
[[Saluga Pradhan|Saluga Pradhan]] gain from Jacob Pradhan Swing

References
  1. "Odisha Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. "Odisha – G.Udayagiri". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  4. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: G.Udayagiri (83)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. "Denied ticket, Congress MLA Jacob Pradhan files nomination as independent candidate". KalingaTV. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  6. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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