Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
| Brajarajnagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 6 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Jharsuguda |
| LS constituency | Bargarh |
| Established | 1961 |
| Total electors | 189,012 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Suresh Pujari | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Brajarajnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharsuguda district, Odisha.[1]
Area of this constituency includes Brajarajnagar, Belpahar, Lakhanpur block and Jharsuguda block.[2][3]
Elected Members
| Vote share of winning candidates[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48.85% | |||
| 2022 Bypoll | 61.25% | |||
| 2019 | 48.7% | |||
| 2014 | 37.34% | |||
| 2009 | 43.46% | |||
| 2004 | 39.13% | |||
| 2000 | 40.81% | |||
| 1995 | 32.40% | |||
| 1990 | 60.76% | |||
| 1985 | 50.65% | |||
| 1980 | 54.60% | |||
| 1977 | 32.64% | |||
Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1997 & 2022.
List of members elected from Brajarajnagar constituency are:[5]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Suresh Pujari | BJP | |
| 2022 (bypoll)[a] | Alka Mohanty[6] | BJD | |
| 2019 | Kishore Kumar Mohanty[7][8] | ||
| 2014 | Radharani Panda | BJP | |
| 2009 | Anup Kumar Sai | INC | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 1997 (bypoll)[b] | Keshab Sahoo | ||
| 1995 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1985 | |||
| 1980 | Upendra Dikshit | INC | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1974 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI | |
| 1971 | Upendra Dikshit | Congress (R) | |
| 1967 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI | |
| 1961 | |||
Election Results
2024
Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suresh Pujari | 82,199 | 48.85 | ||
| BJD | Alka Mohanty | 55,410 | 32.93 | ||
| INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 21,809 | 12.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1384 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 26,789 | 15.92 | |||
| Turnout | 1,68,268 | ||||
| BJP gain from BJD | |||||
2022 Bypoll
In 2022 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kishore Chandra Patel by 66,122 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Alka Mohanty | 93,953 | 61.25 |  12.55 | |
| INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 27,831 | 18.14 | ||
| BJP | Radharani Panda | 22,630 | 14.75 |  26.88 | |
| CPI | Ramesh Kumar Tripathy | 3,105 | 2.02 | 3.66 | |
| Independent | Aditya Padhan | 1,884 | 1.23 | - | |
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 4,000[c] | 2.60 | ||
| Majority | 66,122 | 43.11 | |||
| Turnout | 1,54,048 | 71.62 | |||
| BJD hold | |||||
2019
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda by 11,634 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Kishore Kumar Mohanty | 80,152 | 48.7 | 23.25 | |
| BJP | Radharani Panda | 68,153 | 41.63 | 14.79 | |
| CPI | Ramesh Tripathi | 9,350 | 5.68 | 2.28 | |
| BSP | Sitaram Rohidas | 2,018 | 1.23 | 0.56 | |
| OPD | Rajani Bhue | 941 | 0.57 | - | |
| PSP (Lohia) | Subas Behera | 488 | 0.3 | - | |
| SKD | Haraprasad Meher | 612 | 0.37 | - | |
| Independent | Ajay Prasad Mandal | 506 | 0.31 | - | |
| Independent | Mithila Chhuria | 573 | 0.35 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,429 | 0.87 | - | |
| Majority | 11634 | 7.05 | |||
| Turnout | 164587 | 77.9 | |||
| BJD gain from BJP | |||||
2014
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 votes.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Radharani Panda | 50,736 | 26.84 | 15.12 | |
| BJD | Anup Kumar Sai | 43,946 | 23.25 | - | |
| INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 38,175 | 20.19 | 23.27 | |
| CPI | Gajanan Sahu | 6,436 | 3.40 | 3.4 | |
| BSP | Ranjit Kumar | 1,282 | 0.67 | - | |
| AAP | Jayaram Barik | 1,216 | 0.64 | - | |
| KOKD | Narayan Mohapatra | 718 | 0.37 | 1.93 | |
| Independent | Jogindra Majhi | 521 | 0.27 | - | |
| LGGP | Chaitanya Kanta | 609 | 0.32 | - | |
| Independent | Bishwa Lochan Bhoi | 477 | 0.25 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,635 | 0.86 | - | |
| Majority | 6,790 | 3.59 | |||
| Turnout | 145851 | 76.52 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,89,012 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | |||||
2009
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anup Kumar Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by 1,742 votes.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Anup Kumar Sai | 50,585 | 43.46 | - | |
| BJP | Suresh Pujari | 48,843 | 41.96 | - | |
| CPI | Ramsahay Panda | 7,911 | 6.80 | - | |
| KOKD | Dilip Kumar Badhai | 2,673 | 2.30 | - | |
| BSP | Bhaskar Gadia | 2,382 | 2.05 | - | |
| Independent | Sanjay Kumar Ray | 1,286 | 1.10 | - | |
| Independent | Johan Kumar Nayak | 1,030 | 0.88 | - | |
| Independent | Tarani Sahu | 856 | 0.74 | - | |
| SP | Mohammad Akhtar | 830 | 0.71 | - | |
| Majority | 1,742 | 1.50[d] | |||
| Turnout | 1,16,402 | 63.62 | |||
| INC hold | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
Constituency: Brajarajnagar (6)District : Jharsuguda
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List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ India Today (4 June 2022). "Odisha: BJD candidate Alaka Mohanty records landslide victory in Brajrajnagar bypoll". Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Zee News (24 May 2019). "Odisha Assembly election results 2019: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Brajarajnagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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