Biramitrapur Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Biramitrapur.

Biramitrapur (ST)
Constituency No. 10 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
LS constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1974
Total electors	210,077
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rohit Joseph Tirkey
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

Biramitrapur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district, Odisha. ^[1] Area of this constituency includes Biramitrapur, Kuarmunda block, Nuagaon block and part of Bisra block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024			44.53%
2019			34.66%
2014			28.41%
2009			36.38%
2004			43.01%
2000			47.05%
1995			48.59%
1990			42.61%
1985			52.98%
1980			32.92%
1977			36.46%

Since its formation in 1951, 12 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Biramitrapur constituency are: ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Rohit Joseph Tirkey		BJD
2019	Shankar Oram [6] [7]		BJP
2014	George Tirkey		SKD
2009	George Tirkey		Independent
2004	Nihar Surin		JMM
2000	George Tirkey		JMM
1995	George Tirkey		JMM
1990	Satyanarayan Pradhan		JD
1985	Remis Kerketta		INC
1980	Junas Bilung		INC
1977	Premchand Bhagat		JP
1974	Christodas Lagun		Jharkhand Party

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. ^[8]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Biramitrapur(ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Joseph Tirkey	84,116	44.53	19.17
	BJP	Shankar Oram	77,232	40.89	6.23
	Jharkhand Party	Remish Jojo	8,871	4.70
	Independent	Rajesh Kerketta	4,938	2.61
	NOTA	None of the above	1,909	1.01	0.02
Majority			6,884
Turnout			188,898
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS1810.htm

2019

In 2019 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shankar Oram, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Makhlu Ekka by a margin of 16,351 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Biramitrapur ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shankar Oram	60,937	34.66	13.61
	JMM	Sebeyan Aind	14374	8.18	8.98
	BJD	Makhlu Ekka	44586	25.36	9.86
	INC	Rohit Joseph Tirkey	44212	25.15	17.14
	BSP	Paulus Oram	2532	1.44	0.11
	AAP	Binay Kullu	1835	1.04	−
	Independent	Peter Topno	4455	2.53	−
	Independent	Mansid Ekka	1088	0.62	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1804	1.03	−
Majority			16351	9.29
Turnout			175823	74.96
	BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election Samata Kranti Dal candidate George Tirkey, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shankar Oram by a margin of 11,947 votes. ^[11]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Biramitrapur ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SKD	George Tirkey	46,114	28.41	−
	BJP	Shankar Oram	34,167	21.05	10.78
	JMM	Sebeyan Aind	27,849	17.16	2.44
	BJD	Magdali Kongadi	25,158	15.5	0.35
	INC	Rajesh Kerketta	13,006	8.01	2.01
	Independent	Peter Topno	2,922	1.8	−
	BSP	Devananda Oram	2,158	1.33	0.71
	AOP	Lalit Singh Munda	2,140	1.32	−
	Independent	Deme Oram	1,697	1.05	−
	JDP	Chandra Mohan Majhi	1,509	0.93	−
	KOKD	Ram Chandra Amat	1,161	0.72	−
	Independent	Rohidas Mundary	1,134	0.7	−
	Independent	Sohan Mundari	995	0.61	−
	AAP	Laxmidhar Sa	809	0.5	−
	NOTA	None	1,496	0.92	−
Majority			11,947	7.36	−
Turnout			1,62,315	77.26	8.51
Registered electors			2,10,077
	SKD gain from Independent

2009

In 2009 election Independent candidate George Tirkey, defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Nihar Soren by a margin of 20,811 votes. ^[14]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Biramitrapur ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Tirkey	45,132	36.38	−
	JMM	Nihar Soren	24,321	19.60	−
	BJD	Sanjib Pratab Singhdeo	19,665	15.85	−
	BJP	Raisan Tirkey	12,748	10.27	−
	INC	Serophina Tapno	12,431	10.02	−
	Jharkhand Party	Thiophil Tirkey	2,552	2.06	−
	BSP	Gandru Barla	2,535	2.04	−
	Independent	Sahan Mundari	1,911	1.54	−
	KOKD	Ramchandra Amat	974	0.79	−
	Independent	Pradip Minj	917	0.74	−
	Independent	Albert George Tirkey	885	0.71	−
Majority			20,811	16.77 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			1,24,116	68.75
	Independent gain from JMM

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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