Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency

Brajarajnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharsuguda district, Odisha.[1]

Brajarajnagar
Constituency No. 6 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictJharsuguda
LS constituencyBargarh
Established1961
Total electors189,012
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Area of this constituency includes Brajarajnagar, Belpahar, Lakhanpur block and Jharsuguda block.[2][3]

Elected Members

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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

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2024

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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]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Brajarajnagar
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

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In 2022 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kishore Chandra Patel by 66,122 votes.

2022 By-election: Brajarajnagar
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

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In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda by 11,634 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar[10]
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

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In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 votes.[11]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar[12]
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

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In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anup Kumar Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by 1,742 votes.[13]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar[14]
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

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  1. ^ Death of Kishore Kumar Mohanty
  2. ^ Death of Prasanna Kumar Panda
  3. ^ Non of the Above+rest of the above
  4. ^ %of total valid votes

References

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  1. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014. Constituency: Brajarajnagar (6)District : Jharsuguda{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Seats of Odisha".
  4. ^ "129 - Brajarajnagar Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  10. ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Odisha - Brajarajnagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 1742
  14. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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