Brajarajnagar | |
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Constituency No. 6 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
Division | Northen Division |
District | Jharsuguda |
Lok Sabha constituency | Bargarh |
Established | 1961 |
Total electors | 2,17,251 [a] [b] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
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Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2024 |
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]
Since its formation in 1961, 16 elections were held till date including two bypolls in 1998 & 2022.
List of members elected from Brajarajnagar constituency are: [5]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2024 [6] | Suresh Pujari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2022 (bypoll) [c] [7] | Alka Mohanty | Biju Janata Dal | |
2019 [8] | Kishore Kumar Mohanty | ||
2014 [9] | Radharani Panda | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2009 [10] | Anup Kumar Sai | Indian National Congress | |
2004 | |||
2000 | |||
1998 (bypoll) [d] [11] | Keshab Sahoo | ||
1995 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | Communist Party of India | |
1990 | |||
1985 | |||
1980 | Upendra Dikshit | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
1974 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | Communist Party of India | |
1971 | Upendra Dikshit | Indian National Congress (R) | |
1967 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | Communist Party of India | |
1961 |
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. [12] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty by a margin of 26,789 votes. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 77.45 | |||
BJP gain from BJD |
In 2022 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kishore Chandra Patel by 66,122 votes. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Alka Mohanty | 93,953 | 61.25 | ![]() | |
INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 27,831 | 18.14 | ||
BJP | Radharani Panda | 22,630 | 14.75 | ![]() | |
CPI | Ramesh Kumar Tripathy | 3,105 | 2.02 | ![]() | |
Independent | Aditya Padhan | 1,884 | 1.23 | − | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 4,000 [e] | 2.60 | ||
Majority | 66,122 | 43.11 | |||
Turnout | 1,54,048 | 71.62 | |||
BJD hold |
In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda by 11,634 votes. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Kishore Kumar Mohanty | 80,152 | 48.7 | ![]() | |
BJP | Radharani Panda | 68,153 | 41.63 | ![]() | |
CPI | Ramesh Tripathi | 9,350 | 5.68 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,429 | 0.87 | − | |
Majority | 11634 | 7.05 | |||
Turnout | 164587 | 77.9 | |||
BJD gain from BJP |
In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 votes. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Radharani Panda | 50,736 | 26.84 | ![]() | |
BJD | Anup Kumar Sai | 43,946 | 23.25 | − | |
INC | Kishore Chandra Patel | 38,175 | 20.19 | ![]() | |
CPI | Gajanan Sahu | 6,436 | 3.40 | ![]() | |
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 |
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anup Kumar Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by 1,742 votes. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Anup Kumar Sai | 50,585 | 43.46 | − | |
BJP | Suresh Pujari | 48,843 | 41.96 | − | |
CPI | Ramsahay Panda | 7,911 | 6.80 | − | |
Majority | 1,742 | 1.50 [f] | |||
Turnout | 1,16,402 | 63.62 | |||
INC hold |
Constituency: Brajarajnagar (6)District : Jharsuguda
List Of Winning Candidates
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