[1] The areas in this constituency include Jajpur, 16 GPs (Basudevpur, Beruda, Bhubaneswarpur, Bhuinpur, Bichitrapur, Chainipur, Jahanpur, Khairabad, Mala Anandapur, Markandapur, Nathasahi, Panasa, Maheswarpur, Shyamadaspur, Similia and Upparbaruhan) of Jajpur block and 16 GPs (Susua, Duduranta, Kanikapada, Mangalpur, Akarapada, Champeipal, Chhachina, Chittalo, Dasrathpur, Gopalpur, Kasapa, Katikata, Khandara, Mallikapur, Taliha and Tarpada) of Dasarathpur block.
[2][3] Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1963.
[8] In the 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Goutam Ray by 40,656 votes.
[9] In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Kumar Nanda by huge margin of 84,613 votes.
[10] In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Pranab Prakash Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Debabrata Kantha by 30,245 votes.