Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency

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Brajarajnagar
Constituency No. 6 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
DivisionNorthen Division
District Jharsuguda
Lok Sabha constituency Bargarh
Established1961
Total electors2,17,251 [a] [b]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Suresh Pujari 2024.jpg
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Brajarajnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharsuguda district, Odisha. [1]

Contents

Area of this constituency includes Brajarajnagar, Belpahar, Lakhanpur block and Jharsuguda block. [2] [3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024
48.85%
2022 (bypoll)
61.25%
2019
48.7%
2014
37.34%
2009
43.46%
2004
39.13%
2000
40.81%
1998 (bypoll)
31.22%
1995
32.40%
1990
60.76%
1985
50.65%
1980
54.60%
1977
32.64%

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]

YearMemberParty
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

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. [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]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Brajarajnagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Suresh Pujari 82,199 48.85
BJD Alka Mohanty 55,41032.93
INC Kishore Chandra Patel21,80912.96
NOTA None of the above13840.82
Majority 26,78915.92
Turnout 1,68,26877.45
BJP gain from BJD

2022 Bypoll

In 2022 bye-election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alka Mohanty defeated Indian National Congress candidate Kishore Chandra Patel by 66,122 votes. [7]

2022 By-election: Brajarajnagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Alka Mohanty 93,953 61.25 Increase2.svg12.55
INC Kishore Chandra Patel27,83118.14
BJP Radharani Panda 22,63014.75Decrease2.svg26.88
CPI Ramesh Kumar Tripathy3,1052.02Decrease2.svg3.66
Independent Aditya Padhan1,8841.23
None of the Above None of the Above4,000 [e] 2.60
Majority 66,12243.11
Turnout 1,54,04871.62
BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Kishore Kumar Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda by 11,634 votes. [8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Kishore Kumar Mohanty 80,152 48.7 Increase2.svg23.25
BJP Radharani Panda 68,15341.63Increase2.svg14.79
CPI Ramesh Tripathi9,3505.68Increase2.svg2.28
NOTA None of the above1,4290.87
Majority 116347.05
Turnout 16458777.9
BJD gain from BJP

2014

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Radharani Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anup Kumar Sai by 6,790 votes. [9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Radharani Panda 50,736 26.84 Decrease2.svg15.12
BJD Anup Kumar Sai43,94623.25
INC Kishore Chandra Patel38,17520.19Decrease2.svg23.27
CPI Gajanan Sahu6,4363.40Decrease2.svg3.4
NOTA None of the above1,6350.86
Majority 6,7903.59
Turnout 14585176.52
Registered electors 1,89,012
BJP gain from INC

2009

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Anup Kumar Sai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suresh Pujari by 1,742 votes. [10]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Brajarajnagar [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Anup Kumar Sai 50,585 43.46
BJP Suresh Pujari 48,84341.96
CPI Ramsahay Panda7,9116.80
Majority 1,7421.50 [f]
Turnout 1,16,40263.62
INC hold

Notes

  1. as on 2024
  2. as data published by election commission
  3. Death of Kishore Kumar Mohanty
  4. Death of Prasanna Kumar Panda
  5. Non of the Above+rest of the above
  6. %of total valid votes

References

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  12. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI .
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