Jacob Pradhan

Jacob Pradhan
Jacob Pradhan
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress
Member of the Odisha Assembly; for G. Udayagiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
	In office; 2014–2019
Preceded by	Manoj Pradhan (BJP)
Succeeded by	Saluga Pradhan (BJD)

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.

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Odisha Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ "Odisha – G.Udayagiri". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: G.Udayagiri (83)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ "Denied ticket, Congress MLA Jacob Pradhan files nomination as independent candidate". KalingaTV. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Manoj Pradhan (BJP)	Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from G. Udayagiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2014 – 2019	Succeeded by Saluga Pradhan (BJD)

[ECI_2019_results-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. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

[5] "Denied ticket, Congress MLA Jacob Pradhan files nomination as independent candidate". KalingaTV. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[SP_Ass_Cand-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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