Raghunathpali Assembly constituency

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

Raghunathpali
Constituency No. 11 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Raghunathpali Assembly constituency in Sundargarh district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Sundargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1974
Total electors	1,83,207 [a] [b]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Durga Charan Tanti
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Raghunathpali is a Assembly constituency of Sundergarh district in Odisha State. ^[1] It was established in 1974. ^[2]

Extent of Assembly Constituencies

• Lathikata Block : Hatibandha, Lathikata, Mundajore, Ramjodi, Suidihi and Jalda GPs
• Rourkela Township. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			43.72%
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%

Since its formation in 1974, 12 elections have been held till date.

The members elected from Raghunathpali constituency are: ^[6]

Year	Member	Party
2024 [7]	Durga Charan Tanti		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [8]	Subrat Tarai		Biju Janata Dal
2014 [9]
2009 [10]
2004	Halu Mundari		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2000	Shankar Oram		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Mansid Ekka		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
1990	Rabi Dehury		Janata Dal
1985	Frida Topno		Indian National Congress
1980	Nelson Soreng		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Rabi Dehury		Janata Party
1974	Agapit Lakra		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. ^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Durga Charan Tanti defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Archana Rekha Behara by a margin of 5,774 votes. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Durga Charan Tanti	51,189	43.72
	BJD	Archana Rekha Behara	45,415	38.79
	INC	Gopal Das	17,038	14.55
	NOTA	None of the above	1,203	1.03
Majority			5,774	4.93
Turnout			1,17,091	63.91
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 4,684 votes. ^[8]

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali ^{[12] [13]}

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
	NOTA	None of the above	955	0.87	−
Majority			4,684	4.28
Turnout			109324	61.4
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jagabandhu Behera by 16,041 votes. ^[9]

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali ^{[14] [15] [16]}

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
	NOTA	None of the above	1,523	1.44	−
Majority			16,041	15.18
Turnout			1,05,640	65.97
Registered electors			160,138
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Subrat Tarai defeated Indian National Congress candidate Prafulla Kumar Sunyani by a margin of 18,171 votes. ^[10]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Raghunathpali ^[17]

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	−
Majority			18,171	23.45 [c]
Turnout			77,536	51.42
	BJD gain from JMM

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. % of total valid votes

References

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