Birmaharajpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Birmaharajpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District Subarnapur
Blocks Birmaharajpur, Ullunda, Binika
Electorate1,84,923 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements Binika
Current constituency
Created1951
Party Biju Janata Dal
MLA Padmanabh Behera
Const. No.64
Reserved for Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies Balangir

Birmaharajpur (Sl. No.: 64) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Subarnapur district, Odisha. [2]

Odisha Legislative Assembly Unicameral state legislature of the Indian state of Odisha

The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneshwar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly.. It was announced by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the Sachivalaya or the Secretariat building in Bhubneswar will be called Lok Seva Bhavan.

Subarnapur district District in Odisha, India

Subarnapur District, also called Sonepur District or Sonapur District is an administrative district of Odisha state in eastern India. The town of Sonepur is the district headquarters. Many loosely call the people of Sonepur region as Sonepuria.

Contents

This constituency includes Binika NAC, Birmaharajpur block, Ullunda block and 13 GPs (Babupalli, Bankigirdi, Bausuni, Bhandar, Charda, Kaintara, Mahadevpalli, Meghala, Seledi, Shankara, Silati, Sindurpur and Singhijuba) of Binika block. [3] [4]

A gram panchayat or village panchayat is the only grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India at the village or small-town level, and has a sarpanch as its elected head.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2014
46.01%
2009
48.67%
2004
54.04%
2000
36.12%
1995
37.56%
1990
68.55%
1985
38.54%
1980
48.29%
1977
64.56%

Eleven elections were held between 1951 and 2014 including a by-election in 2003. [6] Elected members from the Birmaharajpur constituency are: [7] [8]

Biju Janata Dal Political party in India

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief minister Biju Patnaik, after whom the party was named. It was founded on 26 December 1997.

Indian National Congress Major political party in India

The Indian National Congress(pronunciation ) is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

Janata Dal political party of India, active 1988–98

Janata Dal was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh.

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BJD Padmanabha Behera
BJP Raghunath Jagadala
INC Binod Patra
API Nabin Bhoi
BSP Brajendra Luha
SUCI(C) Nityananda Mallik
Independent Akshya Bibhar
IndependentAnanda Barik
IndependentAshraya Mahananda
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabh Behera defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ananda Barik by a margin of 31,290 votes. [10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BJD Padmanabha Behera67,77446.01-2.66
BJP Ananda Barik36,48424.778.96
INC Kartik Prasad Taria34,58923.48-8.34
API Jyotirmoya Nag1,9921.35
AOP Bholanath Sagar1,6691.13
BSP Sadanand Mahanand1,5271.04-0.65
Independent Ashraya Mahananda1,0690.73
NOTA None of the above2,2011.49-
Majority31,29021.24
Turnout 1,47,30579.667.14
Registered electors 1,84,923
BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Padmanabh Behera defeated Indian National Congress candidate Binod Patra by a margin of 21,401 votes. [13]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BJD Padmanabh Behera61,80348.67-5.37
INC Binod Patra40,40231.82-
BJP Damayanti Barik20,07515.81-
BSP Biranchi Nag2,1491.69-
RPI(A) Bimala Naik1,5351.21-
Indian Justice Party Karunakar Haripal1,0210.80-
Majority21,40116.85 [lower-alpha 2] -
Turnout 1,27,01372.52-
BJD hold

Notes

  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes

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