Gunupur Assembly constituency

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

Gunupur (ST)
Constituency No. 138 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Rayagada
LS constituency	Koraput
Established	1951
Total electors	192,905 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Satyajeet Gomango
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Gunupur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rayagada district, Odisha. ^[2]

Map of Gunupur Constituency

This constituency includes Gunupur, Gudari, Gunupur block, Ramanaguda block, Padmapur block, Chandrapur block and Gudari block. ^{[3] [4]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
1977			60.45%
1980			56.19%
1985			80.57%
1990			56.04%
1995			59.28%
2000			62.08%
2004			41.45%
2009			38.62%
2014			41.6%
2019			34.2%
2024			47.80%

Since its formation in 1951, 19 elections were held till date including in two bypoll in 1955 & 1996. It was a 2 member constituency for 1952 & 1957. ^[6]

List of members elected from Gunupur constituency are: ^{[7] [8]}

Year	Member	Party
1951	Soboro Dumba		Ganatantra Parishad
1955 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 2]	Bhagirathi Gomango
1957 [lower-alpha 3]	Sanyasi Charan Pidikaka		Independent politician
	Naroshimho Patro		Indian National Congress
1961
1967	Bhagirathi Gomango
1971			Indian National Congress
1974			Indian National Congress
1977
1980
1985
1990	Rammurty Gomango		Janata Dal
1995	Akshya Kumar Gomango		Indian National Congress
1996 (bypoll) [lower-alpha 4]	Bhagirathi Gomango		Independent politician
2000	Rammurty Gomango		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Hema Gamang		Indian National Congress
2009	Ramamurty Mutika		Biju Janata Dal
2014	Trinath Gomango
2019	Raghunath Gomango [9]
2024	Satyajeet Gomango		Indian National Congress

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 13th May 2024 in 1st phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 4th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[10] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate Satyajeet Gomango defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghunath Gomango by a margin of 29,885 votes.

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Gunupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Satyajeet Gomango	77,637	47.80	17.99
	BJD	Raghunath Gomango	47,752	29.40	4.80
	BJP	Trinath Gomango	21,808	13.43	1.88
	NOTA	None of the above	3,205	1.97
Majority			29,885	18.40
Turnout			1,62,410	72.53	1.99
	INC gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Raghunath Gomango defeated Indian National Congress candidate Purusottam Gomango by a margin of 6,270 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Gunupur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Raghunath Gomango	48,839	34.20
	INC	Purusottam Gomango	42569	29.81
	Independent	Trinath Gomango	26321	18.43
	BJP	Shishir kumar Gamang	16491	11.55
	BSP	Kailash Sabar	3924	2.75
	NOTA	None of the above	4671	3.27
Majority			6,270	4.39
Turnout			148499	70.54
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Trinath Gomango defeated Indian National Congress candidate Purusattam Gomango by a margin of 8,286 votes. ^[12]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Gunupur ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Trinath Gomango	59,527	41.6	2.98
	INC	Purusattam Gomango	52,141	36.44	15.19
	BJP	Ramurty Gomango	15,596	10.9	0.63
	BSP	Haribandhu Sabar	2,798	1.96	2.0
	CPI(ML)L	Mandangi Madhava Rao	2,044	1.43	10.51
	Independent	Damodor Sabar	1,609	1.12
	AOP	Najita Raita	1,519	1.06
	Independent	Lingaraj Gomango	1,454	1.02
	OJM	Bruhaspati Sabar	1,256	0.88
	Independent	Rajeswari Sabar	1,149	0.8
	SKD	Bhagaban Gomango	1,109	0.78
	NOTA	None of the above	2,877	2.01	−
Majority			7,386	5.16	−
Turnout			1,43,079	74.17	13.26
Registered electors			1,92,905
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ramamurty Mutika defeated Indian National Congress candidate Sisir Kumar Gamang by a margin of 18,749 votes. ^[15]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Gunupur ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Ramamurty Mutika	41,687	38.62	−
	INC	Sisir Kumar Gamang	22,938	21.25	20.2
	CPI(ML)L	Tripati Gomango	12,890	11.94	−
	BJP	Aswini Gomango	12,441	11.53	−
	Independent	Bhagirathi Gomango	5,979	5.54	−
	BSP	Senapati Kadraka	4,278	3.96	−
	SAMO	Satyanarayana Pratika	3,926	3.64	−
	Independent	Aisanati Sabara	3,795	3.52	−
Majority			18,749	17.37 [lower-alpha 5]	−
Turnout			1,08,841	60.91	1.17'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000041−QINU`"'
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. Resignation of Soboro Dumba
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. Death of Akshya Kumar Gomango
5. %of total valid votes

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