Birmaharajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Birmaharajpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Subarnapur
Blocks	Birmaharajpur, Ullunda, Binika
Electorate	1,84,923 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Binika
Current constituency
Created	1951
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]

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]}

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]}

• 2014: (64): Padmanabh Behera (BJD)
• 2009: (64): Padmanabh Behera (BJD)
• 2004: (114): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2003: (By-Poll): Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo (BJD)
• 2000: (114): Baishnaba Padhan (BJD)
• 1995: (114): Ram Chandra Pradhan (Congress)
• 1990: (114): Rabirarayan Panigrahi (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (114): Kartika Prasad Taria (Congress)
• 1980: (114): Hrushikesh Hota (Congress-I)
• 1977: (114): Surendra Pradhan (Janata Party)
• 1974: (114): Hrushikesh Hota (Congress)
• 1951: (27): Achutananda Mahakur (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Birmaharajpur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera
	BJP	Raghunath Jagadala
	INC	Binod Patra
	API	Nabin Bhoi
	BSP	Brajendra Luha
	SUCI(C)	Nityananda Mallik
	Independent	Akshya Bibhar
	Independent	Ananda Barik
	Independent	Ashraya 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]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabha Behera	67,774	46.01	-2.66
	BJP	Ananda Barik	36,484	24.77	8.96
	INC	Kartik Prasad Taria	34,589	23.48	-8.34
	API	Jyotirmoya Nag	1,992	1.35
	AOP	Bholanath Sagar	1,669	1.13
	BSP	Sadanand Mahanand	1,527	1.04	-0.65
	Independent	Ashraya Mahananda	1,069	0.73
	NOTA	None of the above	2,201	1.49	-
Majority			31,290	21.24
Turnout			1,47,305	79.66	7.14
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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Padmanabh Behera	61,803	48.67	-5.37
	INC	Binod Patra	40,402	31.82	-
	BJP	Damayanti Barik	20,075	15.81	-
	BSP	Biranchi Nag	2,149	1.69	-
	RPI(A)	Bimala Naik	1,535	1.21	-
	IJP	Karunakar Haripal	1,021	0.80	-
Majority			21,401	16.85 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,27,013	72.52	-
	BJD hold

Notes

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

References

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