Rajgangpur Assembly constituency

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

Rajgangpur
Constituency No. 13 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Rajgangpur Assembly constituency in Sundargarh district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Northen Division
District	Sundargarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	2,53,571 [a] [b]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent C. S. Raazen Ekka
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Rajgangpur is a Assembly constituency of Sundergarh district in Odisha State. ^[1] It was established in 1951. ^[2]

Extent of Assembly Constituencies

• Rajgangpur Block
• Rajgangpur Muncipalty including OCL Industrial Township
• Lathikata Block : Bad-Dalki, Birda, Birkera, Tainsar, Jhartrang, Chikatmati, Garjan, Balanda, Kulunga and Jadakudar GPs
• Kutra Block. ^{[3] [4]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates [5]
2024			36.74%
2019			30.98%
2014			34.19%
2009			30.91%
2004			50.79%
2000			45.69%
1995			37.93%
1985			52.37%
1990			64.26%
1980			33.03%
1977			49.39%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections have been held till date.

List of members elected from Rajgangpur constituency is: ^[6]

Year	Member	Party
2024 [7]	C. S. Raazen Ekka		Indian National Congress
2019 [8]
2014 [9]	Mangala Kisan		Biju Janata Dal
2009 [10]	Gregory Minz		Indian National Congress
2004
2000	Mangala Kisan		Biju Janata Dal
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985			Janata Party
1980	Mukharam Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Brajamohan Kisan		Janata Party
1974	Christopher Ekka		Indian National Congress
1971	Ignace Majhi		Jharkhand Party
1967	Premchand Bhagat		Swatantra Party
1961	Rangaballabh Amat		Indian National Congress
1957	Santi Prakash Oram		Independent politician
1951	Agapit Lakra		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. ^[11] In 2024 election, Indian National Congress candidate C. S. Raazen Ekka defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anil Baraa by 10,184 votes. ^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Rajgangpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. S. Raazen Ekka	66,869	36.74	5.76
	BJD	Anil Baraa	56,685	31.14	0.70
	BJP	Narasingha Minz	52,655	28.93	1.46
	NOTA	None of the above	1,944	1.07	0.50
Majority			10,184
Turnout			182,030	71.79
	INC hold

2019

In 2019 election, Indian National Congress candidate C. S. Raazen Ekka defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Mangala Kisan by 946 votes. ^[8]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Rajgangpur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	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
	NOTA	None of the above	995	0.57	−
Majority			946	0.54
Turnout			174030	68.79
	INC gain from BJD		Swing

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Mangala Kisan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Gregory Minz by 10,036 votes. ^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajgangpur ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Mangala Kisan	54,596	34.19	6.85
	INC	Gregory Minz	44,560	27.91	3.0
	BJP	Upendra Pradhan	28,694	17.97	3.51
	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 INC

2009

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

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Rajgangpur ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gregory Minz	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	−
Majority			4,115	3.57 [c]
Turnout			1,15,501	60.99
	INC hold

Notes

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

References

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