Rajgangpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Rajgangpur
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Sundargarh
Blocks	Rajgangpur, Lathikata,Kutra
Electorate	1,89,380
Major settlements	Rajgangpur
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Indian National Congress
MLA	C S Raazen Ekka
Const. No.	13
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sundargarh

Rajgangpur (Sl. No.: 13) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundargarh district, Odisha . ^[1] Area of this constituency include Rajgangpur, Rajgangpur block, Lathikata block and part of Kutra block. ^{[2] [3]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
2019			30.98%
2014			34.19%
2009			30.91%
2004			50.79%
2000			45.69%
1995			37.93%
1990			64.26%
1985			52.37%
1980			33.03%
1977			49.39%

Fifteen elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from this constituency are: ^[5]

• 2019: (13): C S Raazen Ekka (Congress)
• 2014: (13): Mangala Kisan (BJD)
• 2009: (13): Gregori Minj (Congress)
• 2004: (137): Gregori Minj (Congress)
• 2000: (137): Mangala Kisan (BJD)
• 1995: (137): Mangala Kisan (Janata Dal)
• 1990: (137): Mangala Kisan (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (137): Mangala Kisan (Janata Dal)
• 1980: (137): Mukharam Nayak (Congress-I)
• 1977: (137): Brajamohan Kisan (Janata Party)
• 1974: (137): Khristopher Ekka (Congress)
• 1971: (123): Ignes Majhi (Jhadkhand)
• 1967: (123): Premchand Bhagat (Ind.)
• 1961: (64): Rangaballabha Amat (Congress)
• 1957: (43): Santi Praksh Oram (Independent)
• 1951: (37): Agapit Lakra (Independent)

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election Indian National Congress candidate C S Raazen Ekka, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mangala Kisan 946 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajgangpur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	C S Raazen Ekka	53,918	30.98	3.07
	BJD	Mangala Kisan	52,972	30.44	3.75
	BJP	Narasingha Minz	52,896	30.39	12.42
	AAP	Anand Ekka	1085	0.62	0.22
	KJD	Parua Ekka	635	0.36
	Independent	Arthar Soreng	482	0.28
	Independent	Dasarathi Lakra	571	0.33
	Independent	Patras Tete	516	0.3
	Independent	Nishben Samad	1497	0.86
	Independent	Gregory Minz	3019	1.73
	Independent	Priyadarshini Bhoi	1615	0.93
	Independent	Siprian William Kiro	2749	1.58
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Lakra	1080	0.62
	NOTA	None of the above	995	0.57
Majority			946	0.54
Turnout			174030	68.79
	Congress gain from BJD		Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election Biju Janata Dal candidate Mangala Kisan, defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gregory Minz 10,036 votes. ^[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajgangpur ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mangala Kisan	54,596	34.19	6.85
	Congress	Gregory Minz	44,560	27.91	3.0
	BJP	Upendra Pradhan	28,694	17.97	3.51
	Independent	Bikram Toppo	12,091	7.57
	JMM	Dhaneswar Xalxo	7,829	4.9	10.47
	BSP	Anmol Kindo	2,706	1.69	0.68
	AOP	Mohanlal Kishan	1,652	1.03
	AAP	Pramod Ekka	1,341	0.84
	Independent	Marcel Kindo	862	0.54
	Independent	Clement Lakra	781	0.49
	KOKD	Philman Toppo	777	0.49	0.74
	Independent	Rajendra Kumar Lakra	769	0.48
	OJM	Augustine Minz	755	0.47
	JDP	Rubsen Horo	650	0.41
	SKD	Lawrence Kerketta	507	0.32
	NOTA	None of the above	1,105	0.69	-
Majority			10,036	6.28	-
Turnout			1,59,675	70.83
Registered electors			2,25,420
	BJD gain from Congress

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Gregori Minj, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Benedikt Tirkey 4,115 votes. ^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajgangpur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Congress	Gregori Minj	35,592	30.91	-
	BJD	Benedikt Tirkey	31,477	27.34	-
	JMM	Halu Mundari	17,693	15.37	-
	BJP	Mahendra Kumar Majhi	16,654	14.46	-
	Independent (politician)	Narayan Debasa	2,137	1.86	-
	Independent	Suraj Kishore Kujur	1,571	1.36	-
	Independent	William Xes	1,532	1.33	-
	Independent	Mohanlal Kisan	1,449	1.26	-
	KOKD	Santosh Minj	1,415	1.23	-
	BSP	Sanik Oram	1,162	1.01	-
	Jharkhand Disom Party	Dipak Kumar Soreng	980	0.85	-
	Independent	Jeram Ekka	883	0.77	-
	Independent	Bijay Oram	832	0.72	-
	Independent	Sachindra Barawa	812	0.71	-
	Independent	Padmini Nayak	523	0.45	-
	Independent	Raghupati Lakra	435	0.38	-
Majority			4,115	3.57 [lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,15,501	60.99	-
	Congress hold

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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