[1] This constituency includes Sanakhemundi and Dharakote blocks.

[1] The constituency was formed in 2008 Delimitation[2] and went for polls in 2009 election.

[6] In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Nandini Devi by a margin of 23,727 votes.

In the 2014 election, the Biju Janata Dal candidate Nandini Devi defeated the Indian National Congress candidate Ramesh Chandra Jena by a margin of 8,222 votes.

In the 2009 election, the Indian National Congress candidate, Ramesh Chandra Jena, defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Kishore Chandra Singh Deo, by a margin of 23,593 votes.