Raghunathpali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Raghunathpali
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Sundargarh
Blocks	Lathikata
Electorate	1,60,138
Major settlements	Rourkela township
Current constituency
Created	1974
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Subrat Tarai
Const. No.	11
Reserved for	Scheduled Castes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sundargarh

Raghunathpali (Sl. No.: 11) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district, Odisha. ^[1] Area of this constituency include Rourkela Township and six Gram panchayats of Lathikata block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			40.99%
2014			46.45%
2009			45.19%
2004			33.07%
2000			43.98%
1995			32.81%
1990			51.34%
1985			48.43%
1980			45.52%
1977			54.60%

Eleven elections held during 1974 to 2019. List of members elected from Raghunathpali constituency are: ^[5]

• 2019: (11): Subrat Tarai (BJD)
• 2014: (11): Subrat Tarai (BJD)
• 2009: (11): Subrat Tarai (BJD)
• 2004: (140): Halu Mundari (JMM)
• 2004: (140): Shankar Oram (BJP)
• 1995: (140): Mansid Ekka (JMM)
• 1990: (140): Rabi Dehuri (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (140): Frida Topno (Congress)
• 1980: (140): Nelson Sorengi (Congress-1)
• 1977: (140): Rabi Dehuri (Janata Party)
• 1974: (140): Agapit Lakra (Congress)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 4,684 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Raghunathpali ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subrat Tarai	44,815	40.99	5.46
	BJP	Jagabandhu Behera	40,131	36.71	5.44
	INC	Prasanta Kumar Sethi	20,026	18.32	4.53
	BSP	Sunil Karua	1,149	1.05	0.26
	AAP	Anjali Bankra	436	0.4	-
	KJD	Biswakarma Bag	399	0.36	-
	Independent	Jaya Krishna Mahanandia	331	0.3	-
	Independent	Mahendra Kumbhar	547	0.5	-
	Independent	Khetra Mohan Masant	535	0.49	-
	NOTA	None of the above	955	0.87	-
Majority			4684	4.28
Turnout			109324	61.4
	BJD hold

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 16,041 votes. ^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Raghunathpali ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subrat Tarai	49,074	46.45	1.26
	BJP	Jagabandhu Behera	33,033	31.27	9.53
	INC	Gajendra Tanty	14,566	13.79	7.95
	SKD	Gopal Das	3,177	3.01	-
	Independent	Raj Kishore Bhanja	1,639	1.55	-
	BSP	Lalman Suna	1,385	1.31	2.66
	KOKD	Ugresan Patra	363	0.34	0.41
	Independent	Babulal Badaik	345	0.33	-
	AOP	Krishna Chandra Swain	268	0.25	-
	Hindusthan Nirman Dal	Bidyadhar Pandav	267	0.25	-
	NOTA	None	1,523	1.44	-
Majority			16,041	15.18
Turnout			1,05,640	65.97
Registered electors			160,138
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Prafulla Kumar Sunyani by a margin of 18,171 votes. ^{[12] [13]}

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Raghunathpali ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Subrat Tarai	35,023	45.19	-
	INC	Prafulla Kumar Sunyani	16,852	21.74	-
	BJP	Santosh Kumar Behera	11,398	14.71	-
	JMM	Shyam Sundar Badaik	4,744	6.12	-
	BSP	Shukru Bibhar	3,074	3.97	-
	Independent	Gopal Das	1,841	2.38	-
	Independent	Anand Sagar Tanti	1,757	2.27	-
	Independent	Satya Narayan Sethi	604	0.78	-
	KOKD	Mansukh Samsi	579	0.75	-
	Independent	Barun Kumar Sethi	549	0.71	-
	Jharkhand Disom Party	Duryodhan Kalet	426	0.55	-
	Independent	Krushnachandra Swain	338	0.44	-
	Independent	Bairagi Tanti	316	0.41	-
Majority			18,171	23.45 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout			77,536	51.42
	BJD gain from JMM

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

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