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
16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2022

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]
2022 Bye-Election
 
 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%

Fourteen elections held during 1961 to 2019. List of members elected from Brajarajnagar constituency are:[5]

  • 2022 By-Election: Alka Mohanty (BJD)[6]
  • 2014: Radharani Panda (BJP)
  • 2009: Anup Kumar Sai (Congress)
  • 2004: Anup Kumar Sai (Congress)
  • 2000: Anup Kumar Sai (Congress)
  • 1995: Prasanna Kumar Panda (CPI)
  • 1990: Prasanna Kumar Panda (CPI)
  • 1985: Prasanna Kumar Panda (CPI)
  • 1980: Upendra Dixit (Congress)-I
  • 1977: Upendra Dixit (Congress)
  • 1974: Prasanna Kumar Panda (CPI)
  • 1971: Upendra Dixit (Orissa Jana Congress),
  • 1967: Prasanna Kumar Panda (Communist)
  • 1961: Prasanna Kumar Panda (Communist)
Year Member Party
2019 Kishore Kumar Mohanty[7][8] Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2022

2022 By-election: Brajarajnagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Alka Mohanty 93,953 61.25 Increase12.55
INC Kishore Chandra Patel 27,831 18.14 -
BJP Radharani Panda 22,630 14.75 Decrease26.88
CPI Ramesh Kumar Tripathy 3,105 2.02 Decrease3.66
Independent Aditya Padhan 1,884 1.23 -
NOTA None of the Above 4,000[lower-alpha 1] 2.60 -
Majority 66,122
Turnout 1,54,048 71.62
BJD hold Swing

2019 Election Result

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

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brajarajnagar [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kishore Kumar Mohanty 80,152 48.7 Increase23.25
BJP Radharani Panda 68,153 41.63 Increase14.79
CPI Ramesh Tripathi 9,350 5.68 Increase2.28
BSP Sitaram Rohidas 2,018 1.23 Increase0.56
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 Election Result

In 2014 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 votes.[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Brajarajnagar [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Radharani Panda 50,736 26.84 Decrease15.12
BJD Anup Kumar Sai 43,946 23.25 -
INC Kishore Chandra Patel 38,175 20.19 Decrease23.27
CPI Gajanan Sahu 6,436 3.40 Decrease3.4
BSP Ranjit Kumar 1,282 0.67 -
AAP Jayaram Barik 1,216 0.64 -
KOKD Narayan Mohapatra 718 0.37 Decrease1.93
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 -
Registered electors 1,89,012
BJP gain from INC

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Anup Kumar Sai, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by 1,742 votes.[12]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election. Brajarajnagar[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[lower-alpha 2]
Turnout 1,16,402 63.62
INC hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Non of the Above+rest of the above
  2. ↑ %of total valid votes

References

  1. ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2014. Constituency: Brajarajnagar (6)District : Jharsuguda
  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. ↑ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Odisha - Brajarajnagar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 1742
  13. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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