Rairakhol (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Rairakhol
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Sambalpur
Blocks	Jujomura, Rairakhol, Naktideul, Maneswar
Electorate	1,99,137
Major settlements	Rairakhol
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Biju Janata Dal
MLA	Rohit Pujari
Const. No.	18
Reserved for	Unreserved
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sambalpur

Rairakhol (Sl. No.: 18) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha. ^[1]

This constituency include Rairakhol, Rairakhol block, Jujomura block, Naktideul block and 7GPs (Deogaon, Dakara, Dhama, Huma, Bargaon, Sahaspur and Baduapali) of Maneswar block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			37.94%
2014			39.96%
2009			35.07%
2004			38.55%
2000			31.00%
1995			40.86%
1990			60.80%
1985			58.72%
1980			62.82%
1977			54.99%

Fifteen elections held during 1967 to 2019. List of members elected from Rairakhol constituency are: ^{[5] [6]}

• 2019: (18): Rohit Pujari (BJD)
• 2014: (18): Rohit Pujari (BJD)
• 2009: (18): Prasanna Acharya (BJD)
• 2004: (133): Sanatan Bishi (BJD)
• 2000: (133): Sanatan Bishi (BJD)
• 1995: (133): Abhimanyu Kumbhar (Congress)
• 1990: (133): Basant Kumar Mahananda (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (133): Abhimanyu Kumbhar (Congress)
• 1980: (133): Abhimanyu Kumbhar (Congress-I)
• 1977: (133): Basant Kumar Mahananda (Janata Party)
• 1974: (133): Basant Ku. Mahananda (Utkal Congress)
• 1971: (119): Abhimanyu Kumbhar (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1967: (119): Bhikari Suna (Swatantra Party)
• 1961: (59): Raja Bhanu Ganga Tribhubana Deba (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1951: (33): Shraddhakar Supakar (Ganatantra Parishad)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 14,632 votes

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	57,111	37.94	2.02
	Congress	Assaf Ali Khan	42,479	28.22	2.90
	BJP	Debendra Mohapatra	42,027	27.92	6.00
	Independent	Samar Kumar Pradhan	2714	1.8
	Independent	Jayalal Behera	1715	1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	1725	1.15
	AAP	Anand Kumar Samal	1359	0.9
	BSP	Sanket Bahidar	938	0.62	-
	PVP	Janakram Rana	456	0.3
Majority			14,632	9.72
Turnout			150524	70.59
	BJD hold

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rohit Pujari defeated Indian National Congress candidate Assaf Ali Khan by a margin of 11,909 votes. ^[8]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Rohit Pujari	53,849	39.96	4.89
	Congress	Assaf Ali Khan	41,940	31.12	5.13
	BJP	Pratap Kumar Pradhan	29,544	21.92	4.05
	AOP	Manabodha Bhoi	1,627	1.21
	BSP	Debdulal Bakshi	1,271	0.94	0.08
	SKD	Gitanjali Pradhan	1,060	0.79
	AAP	Laxmidhar Naik	968	0.72
	Independent	Swadhin Panda	928	0.69
	API	Aparna Bagh	817	0.61
	Independent	Manis Kumar Deheri	658	0.49
	PVP	Laxman Kumar Bhoi	555	0.41
	OJM	Bholanath Dehury	249	0.18
	NOTA	None of the above	1,298	0.96	-
Majority			11,909	8.83	-
Turnout			1,34,764	77.22	13.47
Registered electors			1,74,526
	BJD hold

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Prasanna Acharya, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Asaf Ali Khan by a margin of 9,764 votes. ^[11]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rairakhol ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Prasanna Acharya	37,718	35.07	-
	Congress	Assaf Ali Khan	27,954	25.99	-
	BJP	Sarat Chandra Sahu	19,217	17.87	-
	Independent	Geetanjali Pradhan	9,094	8.46	-
	Independent	Chittaranjan Pradhan	6,960	6.47	-
	Independent	Tarani Bhoi	1,442	1.34	-
	Independent	Hamid Prasad Luha	1,427	1.33	-
	BSP	Prahallada Prusti	1,098	1.02	-
	RPI	Apurna Bagh	954	0.89	-
	KOKD	Upendra Mohapatra	902	0.84	-
	SAMO	Pramod Kumar Sahoo	786	0.73	-
Majority			9,764	9.08 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,07,573	63.75	-
	BJD hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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