Purna : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Purna contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2019 for Lok Sabha from Aska

LOST against Pramila Bisoyi

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pramila Bisoyi	BJD	552,749
Anita Subhadarshini	BJP	348,042
Rama Krushna Panda	CPI	59,978
Nota	NOTA	17,344
Purna Chandra Nayak	BSP	8,549
Chakradhar Sahu	IND	7,738
K. Shyambabu Subudhi	IND	7,476
Sankar Sahu	CPIM	5,999
Rajeeb Chandra Khadanga	AIFB	5,987

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Chitrakonda

WON against Laxmipriya Nayak

with 32% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Baka	BJD	41,192
Laxmipriya Nayak	INC	38,647
Padu Majhi	BJP	29,579
Balaraju Kope	IND	6,605
Ghenu Muduli	skd	5,439
Nota	NOTA	4,158
Sanatan Kawasi	BSP	3,361

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Surada

WON against Nilamani Bisoyi

with 50% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Swain	BJD	76,501
Nilamani Bisoyi	BJP	62,505
Sangram Keshari Mohanty	INC	7,293
Nota	NOTA	2,885
Nirakara Nayak	IND	1,552
Raghu Nath Naik	IND	1,396

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Champua

LOST against Minakshi Mahanta

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Minakshi Mahanta	BJD	89,525
Murali Manohar Sharma	BJP	63,117
Jadumani Barik	INC	4,217
Srimanta Kumar Tripathy	IND	2,005
Kailash Chandra Tanti	BSP	2,002
Rajen Munda	BMtrP	1,319
Trilochan Palei	IND	1,053
Sahadev Behera	IND	782
Nota	NOTA	750
Purna Chandra Mahanta	RAIM	689
Mahendra Kumar Giri	IND	590
Gurubux Singh Ahluwalia	IND	535
Dinabandhu Kar	ABHM	500
Ratikanta Parida	AIFB	461
Pancharatna Mahakud	CPI(ML)(L)	446
Ganga Mahakud	KS	430
Sushil Kumar Mahanta	HND	430

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Laxmipur

LOST against Prabhu Jani

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prabhu Jani	BJD	45,211
Kailash Chandra Kulesika	INC	44,982
Kumuda Chandra Saunta	BJP	18,945
Anita Sagaria	BSP	12,344
Nota	NOTA	7,026
Purna Mandingi	CPIM	4,370

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Khariar

LOST against Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	INC	59,308
Lambodar Nial	BJD	56,451
Ritarani Bagartti	BJP	52,245
Purna Chandra Netam	BSP	1,894
Nota	NOTA	1,360
Rangadhar Majhi	AAAP	1,194
Bhubaneswar Majhi	IND	1,121
Sanjay Kumar Naik	skd	914
Budharu Bihari	IND	906
Pramod Kumar Dandsena	IND	842
Radheshyam Sagar	IND	700

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Bijepur

LOST against Naveen Patnaik

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Naveen Patnaik	BJD	110,604
Sanat Kumar Gartia	BJP	53,482
Ripunath Seth	INC	14,344
Purna Chandra Panda	IND	2,832
Nota	NOTA	1,675
Ashok Kalet	BSP	1,200
Birendra Kumar Bag	IND	887

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Bhanjanagar

LOST against Bikram Keshari Arukha

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bikram Keshari Arukha	BJD	76,879
Pradyumna Kumar Nayak	BJP	67,776
Sanjay Kumar Tripathy	INC	7,069
Narasingha Gouda	BSP	2,915
Nota	NOTA	1,441
Purna Chandra Pradhan	CPIM	1,170
Birendra Kumar Gouda	IND	1,052

2019 for Vidhan Sabha from Daspalla

LOST against Ramesh Chandra Behera

with 31% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramesh Chandra Behera	BJD	75,006
Purna Chandra Nayak	BJP	39,715
Prashanta Kumar Naik	INC	7,949
Debaraj Naik	BSP	2,002
Nota	NOTA	1,208
Benudhar Nayak	NCP	1,116
Trinath Naik	skd	683
Bishnupriya Das	IND	670

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Surada

LOST against Purna Chandra Swain

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Swain	BJD	67,546
Basanta Kumar Bisoyi	INC	51,546
Bhagabana Panda	BJP	9,270
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,745
Sunil Kumar Mohanti	IND	2,652
Dayanidhi Gouda	IND	1,712
Purna Chandra Patra	IND	1,677

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Surada

WON against Basanta Kumar Bisoyi

with 49% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Swain	BJD	67,546
Basanta Kumar Bisoyi	INC	51,546
Bhagabana Panda	BJP	9,270
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,745
Sunil Kumar Mohanti	IND	2,652
Dayanidhi Gouda	IND	1,712
Purna Chandra Patra	IND	1,677

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Bhanjanagar

LOST against Bikram Keshari Arukha

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bikram Keshari Arukha	BJD	82,467
Binayak Tripathy	INC	50,766
Pradeep Kumar Sahu	BJP	7,834
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,807
Madhusudan Padhi	IND	1,539
Purna Chandra Naik	BSP	1,298

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Koraput

LOST against Krishna Chandra Sagaria

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Krishna Chandra Sagaria	INC	50,672
Raghuram Machha	BJD	45,696
Jayaram Garada	BJP	13,665
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,204
Balabhdra Mandi	BSP	2,091
Rekhit Kuladip	APoI	1,185
Rama Barik	SUCI	1,182
Mangalda Khosla	AAAP	1,120
Manjulata Khemundu	AOP	1,075
Bibek Ranjan Sethi	CPIM	962
Khagapati Khosla	IND	942
Kasti Turuk	SAMO	870
Purna Chandra Pangi	IND	861
Rohidas Nayak	IND	844
Dhanurjaya Hantal	ICPa	719
Dama Suna	skd	574

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Khalikote

WON against Pandaba Jalli

with 63% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Sethy	BJD	78,845
Pandaba Jalli	INC	21,651
Sarat Chandra Behera	BJP	15,382
Simanchal Behera	CPI	4,915
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,397
Saroj Kumar Behera	AAAP	1,387
Ranjan Dangua	KS	1,168

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Nayagarh

LOST against Arun Kumar Sahoo

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Arun Kumar Sahoo	BJD	75,538
Lala Manoj Kumar Ray	INC	54,671
Pradeepta Jena	BJP	7,521
Biswanath Mahapatra	CPM	1,297
Purna Chandra Sahoo	AOP	1,171
Kamal Kumari Patasani	BSP	997
None Of The Above	NOTA	883
Manas Kumar Mishra	AAAP	442
Susanta Kumar Dash	IND	309
Saroj Kumar Behera	skd	294

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Patnagarh

LOST against Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	BJP	74,372
Prakriti Devi Singh Deo	BJD	60,719
Kishor Kumar Parichha	INC	33,697
Sunil Goel	AAAP	5,588
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,079
Jaya Sudan Bariha	BSP	2,742
Purna Chandra Meher	IND	1,553
Mohan Sundar Meher	IND	1,545

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Daspalla

WON against Indumati Nayak

with 65% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Nayak	BJD	75,832
Indumati Nayak	INC	18,505
Pramoda Kumar Behera	BJP	16,053
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,840
Mami Nayak	IND	1,451
Baneeta Naik	AAAP	1,099
Brajendra Malik	BSP	1,065

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Rairangpur

LOST against Saiba Sushil Kumar Hansdah

with 18% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Saiba Sushil Kumar Hansdah	BJD	51,062
Droupadai Murmu	BJP	35,506
Purna Chandra Marndi	JMM	28,838
Shyam Charan Hansdah	INC	19,075
Budhan Sing Marndi	JDP	4,848
Birsa Kandankel	AOP	4,245
Bada Naran Majhi	IND	1,563
Budhu Mahali	IND	1,412
Rajendra Singh	IND	1,232
Braja Kishore Majhi	IND	1,163
Umakanta Naik	IND	1,131
Sudarsan Murmu	AAAP	1,126
Lambodar Murmu	BSP	1,114
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,096
Biswanath Kisku	IND	865
Bula Sardar	IND	650
Mangal Sing Tudu	ojm	599
Nanda Kishore Kisku	IND	510

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Bijepur

LOST against Subal Sahu

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Subal Sahu	INC	53,290
Prasanna Acharya	BJD	52,832
Jayshankar Pattanaik	BJP	30,001
Ashok Kumar Panigrahi	IND	18,232
Kishor Daphadar	ojm	2,931
Suresh Tripathy	AAAP	1,659
Purna Chandra Paik	APoI	1,561
Jayram Bag	BSP	1,429
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,285
Rohita Kumar Sahu	AITC	935
Kumar Nanda	RPI(D)	838
Sachidananda Patra	AOP	754

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Champua

LOST against Sanatan Mahakud

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sanatan Mahakud	IND	69,635
Kusha Apat	IND	54,957
Tattwa Prakash Satapathy	BJD	10,233
Girish Chandra Mahanta	BJP	7,070
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,104
Shyam Sundar Purty	BMUP	2,693
Kshetra Mohan Mahanta	INC	2,332
Bidyadhar Mahanta	CPI	2,288
Bhabani Mahanta	IND	1,219
Benudhara Behera	IND	1,062
Md Azhar Imam	AAAP	1,022
Purna Chandra Mahanta	RAIM	672

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Telkoi

LOST against Bedabyasa Nayak

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bedabyasa Nayak	BJD	66,675
Dhanurjaya Sidu	INC	52,721
Kailash Chandra Nayak	BJP	21,018
Brundaban Naik	IND	14,080
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,675
Bhagirathi Dehury	BSP	3,117
Jaladhar Naik	IND	1,541
Hiranya Kumar Naik	ojm	1,476
Chandramani Dehury	PBI	1,264
Manjula Pingua	BMUP	1,241
Purna Chandra Nayak	AAAP	1,064

2014 for Vidhan Sabha from Mohana

LOST against Basanti Mallick

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Basanti Mallick	BJD	43,006
Dasarathi Gamango	INC	42,891
Bharat Paik	BJP	39,625
Chakradhara Paik	IND	5,417
None Of The Above	NOTA	3,604
Dondo Pani Raito	CPM	3,182
Pabitra Gamango	AOP	2,265
Haladhar Karjee	AITC	1,524
Raghunath Badamundi	ojm	1,224
Purna Chandra Bhuyan	CPI(ML)(L)	1,205

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Jharsuguda

LOST against Naba Kishore Das

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Naba Kishore Das	INC	62,663
Kishore Kumar Mohanty	BJD	40,147
Dinesh Kumar Jain	BJP	15,095
Badal Bihari Dash	IND	1,664
Purna Chandra Naik	KOKD	1,384
Bijay Kumar Jalan	BSP	1,339
Hiralal Dhurua	IND	1,188
Pradeep Kumar Patel	IND	977
Pankaj Chhatria	IND	622
Mitra Bhanu Patel	IND	617
Banamali Kisan	SAMO	578
Ram Prasad Sahu	IND	536
Bhubaneswar Gardia	IND	335

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Champua

LOST against Jitu Patnaik

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jitu Patnaik	IND	27,700
Sanatan Mahakud	INC	27,555
Kusha Apat	IND	26,280
Murali Manohar Sharma	BJP	18,881
Bidyadhar Mahanta	CPI	9,356
Buta Singh	IND	1,856
Chittaranjan Naik	BSP	1,517
Keshaba Mahanta	SAMO	1,389
Purna Chandra Mahanta	IND	1,246
Laxman Kumar Sethy	JMM	1,150
Sanjita Naik	IND	1,035
Deepak Maharana	IND	936
Bhabani Mahanta	IND	872
Prabhupada Mishra	IND	823
Abhimanyu Mahanta	IND	690
Manoj Kumar Mahanta	IND	682
Ashok Mahanta	IND	633
Kshitish Chandra Mahanta	OMM	605
Arabinda Behera	IND	589
Akhil Kumar Mahanta	IND	550
Yadumani Patra	SP	543
Akhileswar Giri	IND	464

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Baripada

LOST against Sananda Marandi

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sananda Marandi	BJD	33,840
Bhadav Hansdah	JMM	29,080
Golak Bihari Naik	BJP	26,940
Kanhu Soren	INC	16,979
Sovakar Naik	IND	1,937
Nanda Kishore Hansda	SAMO	1,287
Rupchand Saren	IND	849
Purna Chandra Naik	BSP	772
Kabita Naik	SP	711
Binata Naik	IND	693
Lambodar Singh	KS	527
Nabin Chandra Majhi	IND	487

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Chandabali

LOST against Bijaya Nayak

with 11% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bijaya Nayak	BJD	58,467
Amiya Kumar Mahapatra	INC	50,854
Purna Chandra Pani	BJP	14,784
Sangram Keshari Rout	IND	6,085
Biswa Keshari Mohanty	IND	2,847
Surya Ranjan Mishra	BSP	595
Rabi Narayan Mohapatra	IND	571

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Jatani

LOST against Bibhuti Bhusan

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bibhuti Bhusan	BJD	55,573
Suresh Kumar Routaray	INC	40,648
Sarat Paikaray	IND	8,756
Sudipta Ray	BJP	7,812
Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra	SAMO	964
Pravat Pradhan	KS	629
Kirti Chandra Senapati	RPD	610
Jaya Prakash Bhanja Deo	BSP	607
Purna Chandra Naik	RPI(A)	534

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Surada

WON against Nilamani Bisoyi

with 40% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Swain	BJD	43,299
Nilamani Bisoyi	IND	39,288
Syed Mubarak	INC	10,517
Barat Dandpani Patro	BJP	7,811
Raghunath Naik	IND	3,163
Madan Padhy	RSP	1,549
Bhagaban Nayak	IND	1,533

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Talsara

LOST against Prafulla Majhi

with 15% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prafulla Majhi	INC	44,082
Sahadev Xaxa	BJP	24,341
Purna Chandra Minj	NCP	16,105
Baikuntha Kalo	IND	8,060
Kunjalata Bhitria	IND	7,402
Binaya Kumar Toppo	JMM	4,994
Lalindra Kumar Gidhi	KOKD	2,406
Jatia Sa	IND	1,713
Birendra Kumar Bhagat	BSP	1,516

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Khalikote

WON against Kasinath Behara

with 68% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Sethy	BJD	65,299
Kasinath Behara	INC	20,670
Gopal Krishna Behera	IND	3,901
Mina Kumari Tahal	BJP	3,520
Ranjan Dangua	SAMO	1,546
Rama Chandra Behera	RSP	992

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Rairangpur

LOST against Shyam Charan Hansdah

with 18% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shyam Charan Hansdah	INC	24,792
Purna Chandra Marndi	JMM	20,190
Jaduram Murmu	BJP	17,898
Kashinath Hembram	NCP	14,828
Khelaram Mahali	IND	12,504
Sonaram Soren	JDP	8,021
Lopamudra Hansdah	IND	6,670
Mangal Singh Tudu	SP	2,696
Durga Hembram	JD(U)	2,351
Chandra Mohan Soren	IND	1,595
Pitambar Marndi	IND	1,517
Somaya Murmu	RPD	1,292
Dushamanta Kumar Majhi	IND	807

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Nayagarh

LOST against Arun Kumar Sahoo

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Arun Kumar Sahoo	BJD	52,414
Sitakanta Mishra	INC	49,829
Purna Chandra Sahoo	BMVP	2,519
Brajendra Malik	BSP	1,683

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Angul

LOST against Rajani Kant Singh

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rajani Kant Singh	BJD	61,298
Sangram Keshari Mishra	INC	42,849
Satyabrata Swain	IND	16,536
Ramesh Jena	IND	8,311
Purna Chandra Gochhait	BSP	4,011
Harihara Dash	IND	1,343
Karmu Kumar Naik	RPI	1,279
Binoda Kumar Mishra	IND	734
Avaya Behera	IND	668

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Nayagarh

LOST against Bhagabat Behera

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bhagabat Behera	BJD	59,472
Sitakanta Mishra	INC	29,384
Purna Chandra Sahoo	IND	1,599
Brajendra Mallik	BSP	1,372
Suvendu Kumar Das	AITC	1,164
Shyamasundar Gochhayat	BBM	900

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Sambalpur

LOST against Jaya Narayan Mishra

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jaya Narayan Mishra	BJP	60,660
Anand Jena	INC	44,879
Ramkrishna Mahanand	BSP	3,270
Purna Chandra Padhee	AITC	764
Siddhartha Das	JD(S)	607
Haradhan Mahana	IND	389
Ashok Agrawal	IND	336
Jayashree Mishra	IND	206
Hemanta Dandasena	IND	165

2000 for Vidhan Sabha from Ranpur

LOST against Ramakanta Mishra

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramakanta Mishra	INC	48,676
Surama Padhy	BJP	47,319
Purna Chandra Samantaray	CPM	3,829
Prafulla Kumar Dash	IND	2,564
Madan Nanda	IND	1,412
Dinabandhu Baliarsingh	BSP	364
Rabinarayan Dash	IND	103

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Satyabadi

LOST against Prasad Kumar Harichandan

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prasad Kumar Harichandan	INC	48,955
Ramaranjan Baliarsingh	JD	34,536
Gundicha Baral	IND	8,789
Chandra Madhab Mishra	IND	8,160
Niroj Kumar Mishra	BJP	2,183
Kshitish Biswal	CPI(ML)(L)	1,330
Sridhar Biswal	IND	1,047
Purna Chandra Rath	IND	1,012
Laxmidhar Sahoo	IND	643
Siba Prasad Das	IND	291
Binaya Nrusingha Mohapatra	SJP(R)	282
Bikram Kumar Mohapatra	IND	188
Bauribandhu Mohapatra	IND	178
Narayan Kandi	IND	136
Srikanta Mishra	IND	127

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Khariar

LOST against Duryodhan Majhi

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Duryodhan Majhi	JD	48,695
Anupa Singh Deo	INC	29,643
Manohar Gahir	BJP	13,214
Indramani Baghel	OCG	1,634
Lal Singh Barik	SJP(R)	1,234
Kedar Gouri Mund	SAP	1,095
Rajendra Prasad Kachhia	IND	850
Binod Bihari Jadab	IND	797
Purna Satanami	PSS	632
Ranjit Singh Chhabad	BSP	488
Puturam Majhi	IND	271

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Ranpur

LOST against Ramakanta Mishra

with 10% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramakanta Mishra	INC	58,766
Sarat Chandra Mishra	JD	33,770
Purna Chandra Samantray	CPM	10,872
Dipak Kumar Mahanty	BJP	2,912
Rabi Mahapatra	IND	2,219
Aniruddha Swain	SJP(R)	1,520
Madan Nanda	IND	1,389
Niroj Singh	IND	628
Janardan Dalabehea	IND	431
Prafulla Mahapatra	SAP	206
Gangadhara Nahak	IND	205
Babana Sahoo	IND	199
Brajendra Kumar Rath	IND	125
Basanta Kumar Pradhan	IND	87
Kishore Pattanaik	IND	85
Bhagabana Mohapatra	OCG	83
Subash Chandra Nayak	IND	68

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Rourkela

LOST against Prabhat Mohapatra

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prabhat Mohapatra	INC	66,647
Dilip Kumar Ray	JD	60,273
Mahesh Mohanty	BJP	16,593
Bhim Murmu	JMM	6,683
Gregory Ekka	IND	559
Purna Chandra Padhi	IND	337
Ghasalal Sharma	IND	287
Gopal Das	IND	258
Biranchi Narayan Ray	PSSS	258
Bhagaban Kalki	IND	241
Patit Paban Routray	IND	207
Acharya Surendra Das Yadab	SVP	188
Dibyasingh Mohanty	IND	180

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Pipli

LOST against Pradip Kumar Maharathy

with 29% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pradip Kumar Maharathy	JD	54,397
Purna Chandra Mishra	INC	24,046
Sudarsan Pradhan	IND	1,511
Praful Kumar Patra	IND	976
Satrughna Behera	BSP	578
Rabindra Nath Pradhan	IND	321
Raja Ram Parida	IND	111
Ganga Dhar Sahoo	IND	44

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Baisinga

LOST against Ananta Charan Majhi

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ananta Charan Majhi	JD	30,434
Kuanria Majhi	INC	24,653
Thankura Murmu	IND	6,243
Purna	JMM	642
Purushottam Singh	IND	369

1989 for Lok Sabha from Deogarh

LOST against Ravi Narayan Pani

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ravi Narayan Pani	JD	324,121
Sriballav Panigrahi	INC	202,704
Purna Chandra Patra	IND	11,328
Narachari Patel	IND	8,280
Amerendra Narayan Dileswar	OPF	1,682

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Titilagarh

WON against Jogendra Behera

with 65% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Purna Chandra Mahananda	INC	20,865
Jogendra Behera	JNP	6,872
Lalu Meher	CPI	1,647
Binami Harpal	IND	1,043
Nanda Kumar Mahananda	IND	568
Uttama Naik	IND	474
Nilamani Naik	IND	358
Hemanta Kumar Sipka	IND	259

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Umarkote

LOST against Porama Pujari

with 30% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Porama Pujari	INC	17,600
Purna Chandra Pujari	BJP	10,464
Rabising Majhi	JNP	6,497
Dolosaya Samarath	IND	373
Laxmi Narayan Majhi	IND	307

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Simulia

LOST against Padamalochan Panda

with 12% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Padamalochan Panda	INC	24,231
Parsuram Panigrahi	JNP	16,772
Purna Chandra Panda	CPI	6,371
Harekrushna Dash	BJP	2,460
Radhakanta Biswal	IND	732
Bhaskar Das	IND	575
Saroj Bihari Mohanty	IND	183
Laxmidhar Behera	IND	178
Sadhu Charan Mohapatra	IND	118

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Pipli

LOST against Bipin Das

with 28% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bipin Das	INC	21,373
Purna Chandra Mishra	JNP	14,839
Kshitish Chandra Biswal	CPM	8,193
Banamali Patnaik	INC(U)	4,978
Raghunath Das	SUC	2,730
Sarat Chandra Mohanty	IND	835
Kelu Charan Das	IND	442
Golak Bihari Chhotray	IND	275

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Simulia

LOST against Parsuram Panigrahi

with 20% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Parsuram Panigrahi	JNP	11,297
Gopinath Das	INC	8,351
Purna Chandra Panda	CPI	8,133
Sailan Mohapatra	IND	5,340
Panchanan Khatua	IND	4,156
Krushna Chandra Behera	IND	2,101
Ganesh Prasad Mohanty	IND	516

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Gunupur

LOST against Bhagirathi Gamango

with 35% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bhagirathi Gamango	INC	18,671
Purna Chandra Gamango	IND	11,585
Mutika Papanna	JNP	2,052
Narayan Gamango	INC(U)	923

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Soro

LOST against Pitambar Panda

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pitambar Panda	CPI	21,829
Jadunath Das Mohapatra	INC	21,721
Sakuntala Panda	IND	4,297
Purna Chandra Mohapatra	JNP	2,424
Prafulla Singh	BJP	834
Gajendra Kumar Upadhaya	JNP(SC)	414

1980 for Lok Sabha from Deogarh

LOST against Narayan Sahu

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Narayan Sahu	INC(I)	170,955
Patitapaban Pradhan	JNP(S)	51,151
Pavitramohan Pradhan	JNP	41,378
Loknath Pradhan	IND	8,439
Kumar Dilleswar Pradhan	IND	6,021
Bhimsen Bhoi	JKD	5,716
Sadananda Sahoo	FBL	3,335
Bishnu Sen	IND	2,726
Tribhuban Gangadeb	IND	2,718
Vinod Kumar Mishra	IND	1,845
Purna Chandra Patra	IND	1,226

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Khurda

LOST against Prasanna Kumar Patsani

with 17% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prasanna Kumar Patsani	INC	26,573
Sudarsan Mohanty	JNP(SC)	16,819
Purna Chandra Badajena	CPM	9,453
Banambar Pradhan	IND	1,126
Dukhishyam Mangaraj	IND	521

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Nilgiri

LOST against Akshaya Kumar Acharya

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Akshaya Kumar Acharya	INC	23,139
Banamali Das	CPM	18,455
Hemendranath Das	JNP(SC)	4,170
Chittaranjan Sarangi	INC(U)	3,808
Mangala Hembram	JKD	1,783
Purna Chandra Panda	IND	1,385
Baishnab Charan Bagudai	IND	525

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Melchhamunda

LOST against Prakash Chandra Debata

with 18% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prakash Chandra Debata	INC	20,208
Purna Chandra Sahu	IND	7,009
Surendra Kumar Sahu	JNP(SC)	6,233
Chintamani Pradhan	INC(U)	4,798
Gourahari Karnal	IND	880

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Deogarh

LOST against Aswini Kumar Behera

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Aswini Kumar Behera	INC	16,227
Balaram Sahu	IND	8,228
Parafulla Kumar Pradhan	INC(U)	5,277
Kumud Bandhu Pradhan	JNP(SC)	2,450
Madhusudan Pradhan	IND	2,042
Prasanna Mohanaik	IND	1,551
Purna Chandra Patra	IND	843
Aditya Prasad Mishra	IND	578

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Narla

LOST against Tejraj Majhi

with 17% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tejraj Majhi	INC	10,787
Purna Chandra Majhi	IND	3,234
Tulasi Ghadei	JNP(SC)	2,081
Benudhar Bhoi	CPM	1,622
Nakul Majhi	IND	1,531

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Khurda

LOST against Sudarsan Mohanty

with 31% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sudarsan Mohanty	JNP	16,148
Purna Chandra Badajena	CPM	14,110
Benudhar Baliar-Singh	INC	11,151
Sadasiv Satpathy	IND	3,075
Sarat Chandra Pikaray	IND	627
Nrusingha Chanran Das	IND	374

1974 for Vidhan Sabha from Dhenkanal

LOST against Nandini Satpathy

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nandini Satpathy	INC	19,785
Kamakhya Prasad Singhdeo Mahindra Bahadur	SWA	17,168
Suresh Chandra Misra	IND	2,812
Purna Chandra Sahoo	IND	1,627
Pyari Mohan Dhall	IND	1,390

1974 for Vidhan Sabha from Nayagarh

LOST against Bhagabat Behera

with 10% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bhagabat Behera	SOP	20,059
Narasingh Biswal	INC	7,197
Purna Chandra Deo	SWA	3,519
Biswa Mohan Pattanaik	IND	1,710
Arakhita Swain	IND	1,632
Jambeswar Das	IND	1,355
Prasanna Kumar Panda	IND	903
Bimbadhar Mishra	IND	524

1974 for Vidhan Sabha from Khurda

LOST against Benudhar Baliarsingh

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Benudhar Baliarsingh	INC	14,802
Sivaji Pattanaik	CPM	14,012
Srinivas Paikray	UTC	12,019
Rajkishore Ram	IND	3,861
Samanta Biswanath Ray	IND	1,467
Nrusingh Charan Das	IND	1,265
Purna Chanda Pattanaik	JAC	748
Tuku Mahanty	IND	533

1974 for Vidhan Sabha from Pipli

LOST against Bipin Bihari Dash

with 11% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bipin Bihari Dash	INC	17,385
Jayakrushna Mohanty	UTC	10,954
Purna Chandra Mishra	IND	5,222
Abhimanyu Ranasingha	IND	4,976
Rama Chandra Patnaik	IND	4,929
Naliniranjan Patnaik	IND	1,762
Prafulla Kumar Majhi	IND	805
Dinanath Das	JAC	541
Bansidha Padhi	IND	498

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Bangriposi

LOST against Radha Mohan Nayak

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Radha Mohan Nayak	SWA	5,216
Joygovinda Hembram	JKP	3,771
Dhyan Chandra Tudu	UTC	2,752
Kangoi Singh	PSP	2,573
Purna Chandra Majhi	INC	1,802
Ram Chandra Nayak	IND	1,475
Jaipal Nayak	IND	1,339
Sunaram Marandi	IND	789
Nunaram Majhi	CPI	775
Jiban Murmu	IND	467
Kalicharan Majhi	IND	321

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Daspalla

LOST against Saheb Naik

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Saheb Naik	INC	10,314
Narayan Naik	SWA	4,315
Bhabagrahi Naik	UTC	2,323
Manguli Sethi	JAC	2,303
Dandaprani Naik	IND	759
Purna Chandra Naik	IND	609

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Kakatpur

LOST against Surendranath Naik

with 5% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Surendranath Naik	UTC	16,047
Brundaban Patra	INC	14,421
Gati Rishna Swain	CPI	11,183
Upendra Mohanty	JAC	9,111
Purna Chandra Baral	SWA	2,895

1971 for Vidhan Sabha from Nilgiri

LOST against Banamali Das

with 25% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Banamali Das	CPM	12,277
Purna Chandra Panda	INC	10,395
Krut Bas Panigrahi	UTC	7,643
Jagadananda Panjgrahi	SWA	5,125
Sitaram Sing	IND	4,073
Hemendra Nath Das	JAC	968
Gopal Mohapatra	NCO	628

1962 for Lok Sabha from Bhubaneswar

WON against Prananath Patnaik

with 64% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Raja Purna Chandra Deo Bhanj	INC	83,788
Prananath Patnaik	CPI	46,294

1961 for Vidhan Sabha from Baripada

LOST against Sahu Santosh Kumar

with 26% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sahu Santosh Kumar	INC	4,397
Mahanta Purna Chandra	PSP	3,869
Bhanj Deo Lal Saheb Nalin Chandra	GP	3,004
Abdul Momin	CPI	1,666
Das Bibhuti Bhusan	IND	1,045
Mohanta Padma Lochan	IND	1,001

1951 for Vidhan Sabha from Ersama

LOST against Gaurishyam Naik

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gaurishyam Naik	INC	12,040
Narendranath Jena	SP	7,396
Lokanath Chaudhury	CPI	6,243
Purna Chandra Naik	GP	717

1951 for Vidhan Sabha from Sambalpur Rairakhol

LOST against Bhikari Ghasi

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bhikari Ghasi	GP	18,915
Sradhakar Supakar	GP	18,717
Ghansyam Ganda	INC	13,406
Ratnakar Behera	INC	11,439
Mitrabhanu Panigrahi	IND	6,994
Purna Ganda	IND	5,857